Title Unions in a contrary world : the future of the Australian trade union movement / David Peetz

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrations Series Reshaping Australian institutions Reshaping Australian institutions. Contents 1. Patterns and Issues in Union Decline -- 2. Joining and Leaving Unions -- 3. Sympathy for Unions -- 4. Structural Change in the Labour Market -- 5. The Institutional Break in Union Membership -- 6. Within the Workplace -- 7. The Accord and the Post-Accord Industrial Relations Order -- 8. The Future for Australian Unions Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index Notes Print version record Subject Labor unions -- Australia -- History Labor unions -- Australia -- Forecasting Labor movement -- Australia -- History Labor movement -- Australia -- Forecasting BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Labor movement Labor movement -- Forecasting Labor unions Labor unions -- Forecasting Gewerkschaft Syndicats -- Australie. Mouvement ouvrier -- Australie -- Histoire. Australia Australien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 98007189 ISBN 9781139126755 113912675X 9781139116091 1139116096 1139113925 9781139113922 9781139106818 1139106813

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