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‘AMCU by day, workers’ committee by night’: Insurgent Trade Unionism at Anglo Platinum (Amplats) mine, 2012–2014

Luke SinwellSenior Researcher with the South African Research Chair in Social Change, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 591-605 | Published online: 13 Jan 2016

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