Hospitality unionism and labour market adjustment: Toward Schumpeterian unionism?

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 980-990

  Tufts, Steven ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospitality workers; Labour market adjustment; SARS; Toronto; Union renewal

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 70450267574     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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