We Can't Win This on Our Own: Unions, Firms, and Mobilization of External Allies in Labor Disputes

American Sociological Review

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 946-969

  Dixon, Marc ^a   Martin, Andrew W ^b  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coalitions; social movements; strikes; unions

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 84870335312     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122412460649     Document Type: Article

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