Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: 1199SEIU and the Politics of Health Care Unionism
- ISBN-10
- 0252076052
- ISBN-13
- 9780252076053
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 366
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Authors
- Brian Greenberg, Leon Fink
Description
A classic labor history, newly updated and expanded
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- 1989
- 298 pages
- Paperback
- University of Illinois Press
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