"We will go side-by-side with you." Labour union engagement with Aboriginal peoples in Canada

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 991-1001

  Mills, Suzanne E ^a   Clarke, Louise ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Colonialism; Employment; First Nation; Indigenous; Labour geography; Labour union; Union renewal; Work

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; EMPLOYMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RACISM; WORKPLACE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70450267467     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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