Organized Labor in Residential Construction

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-26

  Rabourn, Mike ^a  

^a New England Regional Council of Carpenters

Author keywords

Building trades unions; Housing development; Immigrant workers; Labor organizing; Residential construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749130581     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X07312076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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