Innovative organizing practices: Acorn's campaign in los angeles organizing workfare workers

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 65-85

  Brooks, Fred ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACORN; Organizing; Union; Welfare reform; Workfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009633343     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v09n04_04     Document Type: Article

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