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Determinants of Trade Union Membership in Australia

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  • Stephen Deery & Helen Cieri, 1991. "Determinants of Trade Union Membership in Australia," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 29(1), pages 59-73, March.
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