Organize and survive: Unions and health and safety – a case study of an engineering unionized workforce

Employee Relations

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 5-88

  Fairbrother, Peter ^a  

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Author keywords

Engineering; Health and safety; Industrial relations; Management; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986047298     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459610116122     Document Type: Article

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