From ‘Supplementary Seagulls’ to ‘Cut Price Casuals’: Changing Patterns of Casual Employment on the New Zealand Waterfront 1951–1997

Labour and Industry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-56

  Reveley, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84937181802     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1999.10669207     Document Type: Article

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