When the rubber hits the high road: Labor and community complexities in the greening of the Garden State

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-161

  Fine, Janice ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coalitions; community unionism; green jobs; residential weatherization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951998319     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X10397647     Document Type: Review

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