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Australian Unions

An Industrial Relations Perspective

  • Textbook
  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Bill Ford

    1. Department of Organizational Behaviour, University of New South Wales, Australia

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  2. David Plowman

    1. Department of Industrial Relations, University of New South Wales, Australia

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Unions and the Industrial Relations Context: An Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Unions and the Industrial Relations Context: An Overview

      • David Plowman
      Pages 2-15

  3. Historical and Theoretical Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. The Australian Union Movement: Context and Perspective, 1850–1987

      • Jim Hagan
      Pages 18-48

    3. Union Strategy: A Gap in Union Theory

      • Margaret Gardner
      Pages 49-72

  4. Organisation and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Union Aims and Methods

      • Stephen Deery
      Pages 74-103

    3. Unions in New South Wales

      • David Plowman, Keri Spooner
      Pages 104-121

    4. Work Place Unionism

      • Malcolm Rimmer
      Pages 122-144

    5. Union Consolidation: The ACTU Mergers

      • Gerard Griffin, Vincent Giuca
      Pages 145-168

    6. Industrial and Political Unity: Lessons from the North

      • Howard Guille
      Pages 169-187

  5. Issues and Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Unions and Women

      • Jenny Doran
      Pages 190-202

    3. Unions and Immigrants: The Post Second World War Experience

      • Michael Quinlan
      Pages 203-224

    4. Unions and Wages Policies

      • Julian Teicher
      Pages 225-250

    5. Unions and Superannuation

      • David Plowman, Garry Weaven
      Pages 251-268

    6. Unions and Technological Change

      • Stephen Deery
      Pages 269-285

  6. Future Context and Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287
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    2. Strategic Unionism

      • ACTU/TDC Mission to Western Europe
      Pages 288-308
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Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Organizational Behaviour, University of New South Wales, Australia

    Bill Ford

  • Department of Industrial Relations, University of New South Wales, Australia

    David Plowman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Australian Unions

  • Book Subtitle: An Industrial Relations Perspective

  • Editors: Bill Ford, David Plowman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11088-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Bill Ford & David Plowman 1989

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 323

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Economic Policy

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