Teamwork for harmony: Labour-Management Production Committees and the postwar settlement in Canada

Canadian Historical Review

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-352

  McInnis, Peter S ^a  

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EID: 77956831962     PISSN: 00083755     EISSN: 17101093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/CHR-077-03-01     Document Type: Review

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