In the field: A decade of organizing

Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World: British Trade Unions under New Labour

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 254-282

  Daniels, Gary ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203887738     Document Type: Chapter

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