Subcontracted employment and its challenge to labor

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-460

  Wills, Jane ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community unionism; Living wage campaigns; Networked trade unionism; Nonworker organizations; Subcontracting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649340013     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X08324740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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