The Impact of Industrial Action Ballots on Trade Union Procedures, Practices and Behaviour: The British Context

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  • Graeme Lockwood

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https://doi.org/10.25071/1705-1436.101

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Lockwood, G. (2006). The Impact of Industrial Action Ballots on Trade Union Procedures, Practices and Behaviour: The British Context. Just Labour, 9. https://doi.org/10.25071/1705-1436.101

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