The promise of service worker unionism

Service Work: Critical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 153-174

  Cobble, Dorothy Sue ^a   Merrill, Michael ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203892268     Document Type: Chapter

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