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Research Article

From corporatist consensus to neo-liberal revolution: a gendered analysis of the hotel workers union and its impact on (un)sustainable employment practices in the New Zealand hotel sector, 1955–2000

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Pages 2878-2894 | Received 19 May 2020, Accepted 02 May 2021, Published online: 22 Jun 2021

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