Back to Basics: Seeking Pay Equity for Women in Canada

Labour and Industry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 11-32

  Armstrong, Pat ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85044894233     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2007.10669363     Document Type: Article

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