The trades union congress and civil alliance building: Towards social movement unionism?

Employee Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 562-583

  Parker, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pressure groups; Social factors; Strategic alliances; Trade unions; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349087248     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450810888312     Document Type: Article

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