NLRB elections versus card check campaigns: Results of a worker survey

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-172

  Eaton, Adrienne E ^a   Kriesky, Jill ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 59849083772     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390906200202     Document Type: Article

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