Abstract
Workplace protest is a specific form of direct action that is performed by persons within the environment of employment. It takes a number of forms that are discussed below.
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Joyce, P. (2016). Workplace Protest. In: The Policing of Protest, Disorder and International Terrorism in the UK since 1945. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-29059-5_5
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