The Geographies of the Justice for Janitors

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 949-958

  Aguiar, Luis L M ^a   Ryan, Shaun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Justice for Janitors; Organizing; Scale; SEIU

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MODELING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450277199     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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