The equity project in Canadian unions: Confronting the challenge of restructuring and globalisation

Gender, Diversity and Trade Unions: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 28-47

  Briskin, Linda ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203165751-10     Document Type: Chapter

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