Understanding transnational trade unionism

Transnational Trade Unionism: Building Union Power

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-20

  Fairbrother, Peter ^a,b   Lévesque, Christian ^b   Hennebert, Marc Antonin ^b,c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail   (Canada)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84918915687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203580974     Document Type: Chapter

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