Four models of cross-border maquila organizing

Unions in a Globalized Environment: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries and Social Roles: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries and Social Roles

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 45-75

  Frundt, Henry J ^a  

^a Ramapo College   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315291017-9     Document Type: Chapter

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