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Futures at Work: Labour Unions’ Viewpoints on Employee-Level Social and Environmental Sustainability Cover

Futures at Work: Labour Unions’ Viewpoints on Employee-Level Social and Environmental Sustainability

By: Stef van Dongen  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/glo.112 | Journal eISSN: 2059-2949
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 17, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 1, 2025
Published on: Nov 26, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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