New labour and new unionism, 1997-2001: But is it the same old story?

Employee Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 638-655

  Undy, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central government; Policy; Trade Unions; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986064565     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450210453040     Document Type: Article

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