The creation and future of the new Danish trade union confederation

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The creation and future of the new Danish trade union confederation. / Andersen, Søren Kaj; Hansen, Nana Wesley.

In: Transfer: European review of Labour and Research, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2019, p. 229–234.

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Andersen, SK & Hansen, NW 2019, 'The creation and future of the new Danish trade union confederation', Transfer: European review of Labour and Research, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 229–234. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258919848334

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Andersen, S. K., & Hansen, N. W. (2019). The creation and future of the new Danish trade union confederation. Transfer: European review of Labour and Research, 25(2), 229–234. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258919848334

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Andersen SK, Hansen NW. The creation and future of the new Danish trade union confederation. Transfer: European review of Labour and Research. 2019;25(2):229–234. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258919848334

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Andersen, Søren Kaj ; Hansen, Nana Wesley. / The creation and future of the new Danish trade union confederation. In: Transfer: European review of Labour and Research. 2019 ; Vol. 25, No. 2. pp. 229–234.

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