Seizing an opportunity? Union organizing campaigns in Britain, 1998-2004

Labor History

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-47

  Heery, Edmund ^a   Simms, Melanie ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952379886     PISSN: 0023656X     EISSN: 14699702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0023656X.2011.545201     Document Type: Article

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