"Broken windows," vulnerable workers, and the future of worker representation

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Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Weil, David ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broken windows; Compliance; Labor law; Labor unions; Worker representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867949064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15408884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1540-8884.1493     Document Type: Review

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