Trade Union Amalgamations: Explaining the Recent Spate of Mergers in Australia

Labour and Industry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 61-77

  Tomkins, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84872728669     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1999.10669200     Document Type: Article

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