Indie Unions, Organizing and Labour Renewal: Learning from Precarious Migrant Workers
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Precarious employment, bad jobs, labor unions, and early retirement.
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عنوان ژورنال: Work, Employment and Society
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0950-0170,1469-8722
DOI: 10.1177/0950017019885075