Australia once had extremely high levels of trade union participation yet since the 1970s the number of union members has been falling dramatically. This book gives the clearest picture yet of why people do or do not belong to unions and, in a sophisticated way, examines the reasons for union decline. Uniquely, it considers both macro and micro levels, looking at the structure of the economy and the labor market, the ideological dispositions people have toward unionism, the role of the state and the political and industrial strategies of unions.
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"Unions in a Contrary World provides a rigorous, yet highly readable account of union decline in a setting that we would have hardly thought likely. as such it makes for important and highly instructive reading." Bob Russell, Labour
"The book production is good, and the script is clear and well spaced." Pacific Affairs
"The book production is good, and the script is clear and well spaced." Pacific Affairs
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Australia once had extremely high levels of trade union participation yet since the 1970s the number of union members has been falling dramatically. This book gives the clearest picture yet of why people do or do not belong to unions and, in a sophisticated way, examines the reasons for union decline. Uniquely, it considers both macro and micro levels, looking at the structure of the economy and the labour market, the ideological dispositions people have towards unionism, the role of the state and the political and industrial strategies of unions.
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Through the 1980s and into the 1990s union membership, as a share of the Australian workforce, has been falling. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
workplace union organisation, union propensity, union instrumentality, union responsiveness, unionised jobs, determining union membership, compulsory unionism, union exit, unionised workplaces, union apathy, amalgamation strategy, union compulsion, institutional break, inactive unions, delegate presence, other bargainers, union satisfaction, union density, employer ideology, union census, union reach, union sympathy, union membership status, workplace size, workplace bargaining Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Workplace Relations Act, Employment Contracts Act, Federal Government, National Party Government, Industrial Relations Act, New South Wales, Trade Practices Act, Van de Vall, Great Depression, Trade Union Statistics, World War New!
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Through the 1980s and into the 1990s union membership, as a share of the Australian workforce, has been falling. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
workplace union organisation, union propensity, union instrumentality, union responsiveness, unionised jobs, determining union membership, compulsory unionism, union exit, unionised workplaces, union apathy, amalgamation strategy, union compulsion, institutional break, inactive unions, delegate presence, other bargainers, union satisfaction, union density, employer ideology, union census, union reach, union sympathy, union membership status, workplace size, workplace bargaining Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Workplace Relations Act, Employment Contracts Act, Federal Government, National Party Government, Industrial Relations Act, New South Wales, Trade Practices Act, Van de Vall, Great Depression, Trade Union Statistics, World War New!
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- State of the Unions (IRRA research volume) by George Strauss on 5 pages
- Industrial Relations (School Curriculum Industry Project) by Schools Council Industry Project in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Challenges and Choices Facing American Labor by Thomas A. Kochan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Trade Unions by Michael Peart Jackson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Australian Industrial Relations: Textbook by Deery in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Struggle Over Work: The 'End of Work' and Employment Alternatives in Post-Industrial Societies (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) by Shaun Wilson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Changing Prospects for Trade Unionism (Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context) by Peter Fairbrother on page 19, and page 54
- Understanding Organizational Change: The Contemporary Experience of People at Work by Patrick M B Dawson in Back Matter
- Building Chaos: An International Comparison of Deregulation in the Construction Industry (Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks) by Gerhard Bosch on page 137
- The Experience of Middle Australia: The Dark Side of Economic Reform by Michael Pusey on page 51
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