TUC organizing academy 10 years on: What has been the impact on British unions?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-370

  Simms, Melanie ^a   Holgate, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Working Lives Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; New unionism; Organizing; Trade unions; TUC

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951220866     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903546896     Document Type: Article

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