How Does Restructuring Contribute to Union Revitalization?

Varieties of Unionism: Strategies for Union Revitalization in a Globalizing Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Behrens, Martin ^a   Hurd, Richard ^b   Waddington, Jeremy ^c,d  

^a Leiter des Tarifarchivs des Wirtschafts und Sozialwissenschaftliches Instituts   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Employment and Social Policies Unit of the Research Department at the European Trade Union Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Confederations; Merger; Power; Restructuring; Union strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919594620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199270149.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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