‘Equal rights for all workers’: Irish trade unions and the challenge of labour migration

Irish Journal of Sociology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-61

  Krings, Torben ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

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EID: 78649962075     PISSN: 07916035     EISSN: 20505280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/079160350701600103     Document Type: Article

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