As easy as ABC? Learning to organize private child care workers

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-251

  Brown, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child care; Organizational learning; Organizing model; Precarious work; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950766796     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X08317225     Document Type: Article

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