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- 1 2 Gumbrell-McCormick, Rebecca; Hyman, Richard (2013). Trade Unions in Western Europe: Hard Times, Hard Choices. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 16–61. ISBN 0199644411.
- 1 2 Campbell, Joan; Windmuller, John (2012). European Labor Unions. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 24. ISBN 031326371X.