The War Against Public Sector Collective Bargaining in the US

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 386-408

  Freeman, Richard B ^a   Han, Eunice ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collective bargaining; public sector; trade unions; US industrial relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861903833     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185612442279     Document Type: Article

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