Introduction. Reciprocal amnesia -- 1. Strikes, depression and trans-Tasman organisation --2. Whites only policy -- 3. Compulsory arbitration and ideological divisions -- 4. The path to industrial welfare -- 5. War, conscription and revolution -- 6. Communisty Party relations and international connections -- 7. Australasian patterns of industrial organisation -- 8. The Depression and protest -- 9. Labour parties, orthodoxy and the Depression -- 10. Radicalism and political dissent -- 11. Reinventing Labour -- Conclusion; Epilogue
Summary
"In this book, James Bennett looks at the emerging labour movement in the two countries from 1890 to 1940. It formed almost a 'trans-Tasman world of labour', with individuals and institutions making 'trans-national' connections, entering each other's realm through strikes, compulsory arbitration, industrial organisation, conscription and the Depression. He also paints a more general picture of common experience, with the rise of labour movements in each country at the end of the nineteenth century, inspired by northern hemisphere ideas and individuals, and the election of labour governments in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis
Industrial relations (Australia,New Zealand)
Labour market
Social history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [194] - 206) and index
