The state of workplace union reps' organization in Britain today

Capital & Class

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-135

  Darlington, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

industrial relations; union reps; workplace trade unionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960762206     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309816809353502     Document Type: Article

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