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Resisting plant shutdowns

A review of 3 books on factory closures in the U.S. during the 1980s.

Submitted by Juan Conatz on August 29, 2012
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Originally appeared in Labor History Volume 30, Issue 2, 1989

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  • United States
  • 1980s
  • manufacturing and materials
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  • Staughton Lynd
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