A little help from our friends: Exploring and understanding when labor-community coalitions are likely to form

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-506

  Tattersall, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Community unionism; Trade unionism; Union identities; Union renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950903424     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X08324738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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