Conceptualizing Labour Union Revitalization

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Behrens, Martin ^a   Hamann, Kerstin ^b   Hurd, Richard ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining power; Union density; Union leaders; Union membership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919678267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199270149.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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