Alternatives to the "Race to the Bottom" in Vietnam: Minimum Wage Strikes and Their Aftermath

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 430-451

  Ngoc Tran, Angie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Asia; Labor union; Migrant worker; Minimum wage; Newspaper; Socialist state; Strike law; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249159035     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X07300730     Document Type: Review

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