Unions as environmental actors

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-424

  Snell, Darryn ^a   Fairbrother, Peter ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; environmental actors; green jobs; Trade unions; union purpose; union renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997879864     PISSN: 10242589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024258910373874     Document Type: Article

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