Contested terrain: London’s living wage campaign and the tensions between community and union organising

Community Unionism: A Comparative Analysis of Concepts and Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 49-74

  Holgate, Jane ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84994310804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230242180     Document Type: Chapter

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