Contract labour mobilisation in Chile's copper mining and forestry sectors

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-263

  Durán Palma, Fernando ^a   López, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Direccion Nacional del Trabajo   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Forestry; Labour utilization; Mining industry; Outsourcing; Subcontracting

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549095934     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910946451     Document Type: Article

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