The Workplace Constitution from the New Deal to the New Right
- ISBN-10
- 1107038723
- ISBN-13
- 9781107038721
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 401
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-10
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Sophia Z. Lee
Description
This book explains why most Americans lack constitutional rights on the job and can be fired for almost any reason or no reason at all.
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