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Historical dictionary of organized labor

"Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor: Second Edition captures the dynamism of this complex subject and makes it accessible to all readers. With 400 entries on organized labor in countries worldwide, an updated chronology, and an extensive bibliography, this dictionary is an excellent source for research on past and current issues. Notable new and revised material includes an extensive statistical appendix, a guide to relevant Internet sites, a glossary, a summary of past and present international labor leaders, inventories of global union federations and the affiliated organizations of major national labor federations, and analytical lists of the membership of the International Federation of Free Trade Unions. This single source provides more information about organized labor than any other work of its kind. Labor economists, lawyers, sociologists, human rights activists, historians, and other readers will find this dictionary an indispensable reference."--Jacket

Print Book, English, 2004
2nd ed
Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2004