American Workers, American Unions: The Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries
- ISBN-10
- 1421413442
- ISBN-13
- 9781421413440
- Series
- American Workers, American Unions
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-15
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Authors
- Robert H. Zieger, Gilbert J. Gall, Timothy J. Minchin
Description
Gall presents new information on government workers and their recent battles to defend workplace rights.
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