Unions without borders: Organizing and enlightening immigrant farm workers

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 54-66

  Griffith, David ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farm workers; Labor organizing; Transnational unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953682653     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1417.2009.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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