Immigrant organizing and the new labor movement in Los Angeles

Critical Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-81

  Milkman, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84993734374     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08969205000260010501     Document Type: Article

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