Is the Future of Unionism in Cyberspace?

Part of a special section on how new technologies influence the employment relationship. The writer notes that cyber technology has been proposed as the panacea for Old Unionism, the expansion of the New Unionism, and to promote the labor movement's political power. He argues that it is unlikely t...

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Published in:Journal of Labor Research Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 257 - 271
Main Author: Troy, Leo
Format: Article
Published: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. Spring 2003
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