Trade union membership in Brazil

Recent literature approaching the impacts of social and economic transformations on trade unionism in both Brazil and the world tends to emphasize structural determinants of the current crisis in union representativeness. However, comparative analysis suggests that variation in the unionization rate...

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Published in:Dados (Rio de Janeiro) 2001-01, Vol.44 (1), p.15-52
Main Author: Cardoso, Adalberto Moreira
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Unions
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