Constructing uncertainty: Unions and migrant labour in construction in Spain and the UK

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-21

  Meardi, Guglielmo ^a   Martín, Antonio ^b   Riera, Mariona Lozano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

construction; crisis; migration; trade unions; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857712388     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185611432388     Document Type: Article

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