| Description |
xvi, 272 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 12.Unity Commands Respect: Memories of EZ / Glenys Lindner -- 13.A Self-contained City: Metalworkers and the Midland Railway Workshops, 1904-1994 / Ric McCracken -- 14.The AMWU Queensland Coal Shop Stewards / Chris Harper |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 AMWU Politics -- 1.The AMWU: Politics and Industrial Relations, 1852-2012 / Greg Patmore -- 2.The Hope of the World: The Amalgamation of ADSTE and the AMWU / Andrew Dettmer -- 3.One Big Metal Union? The Impact of Union Amalgamation in Western Australia / Bobbie Oliver -- 4.Off to the Mystery Picnic: Mobilising Young Engineers in Victoria, 1941-1961 / Keir Reeves -- 5.The Female Confectioners Union, 1916-1945 / Cathy Brigden -- 6.The Melbourne Typographical Society and the Melbourne Trades and Labour Council, 1874-76 / Andrew Reeves -- 7.Australia Reconstructed / Andrew Scott -- 8.Celebration of a Union: The Banners and Iconography of the AMWU / Andrew Reeves -- pt. 2 AMWU People -- 9.The Struggle Continues: Laurie Carmichael Talks / Andrew Dettmer -- 10.Three Tassie Women and Their Union Experiences / Robyn McQueeney -- 11.̀Red' Fred - Left in the Right Time and Place: A Political Analysis of Fred Thompson / Cora Trevarthen -- |
| Summary |
This book presents the achievements of the union Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) since the 1850s, but does not shy away from challenges to that history or from controversies past and present. Contributors detail the industrial influence of the AMWU since the middle of the 19th century. A. Reeves from Monash Uni and A, Dettmer from AMW |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Australian Manufacturing Workers Union |
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History |
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Labour movement |
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Political influence |
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Social conditions |
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Women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
| Subject |
Amalgamated Metal Workers and Shipwrights' Union (Australia)
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Amalgamated Metal Workers' and Shipwrights' Union.
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Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union -- History.
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Labor unions -- Australia -- History.
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Labor -- History.
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Labor -- Australia -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311
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| Author |
Dettmer, Andrew, editor
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Reeves, Andrew, editor
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| LC no. |
2013433031 |
| ISBN |
9781922235008 (paperback) |
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