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Author Peetz, David, 1957-

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Reshaping Australian institutions
Reshaping Australian institutions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index.
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. Institutional Break in Union Membership -- 6. Within the Workplace -- 7. Accord and the Post-Accord Industrial Relations Order -- 8. 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.
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Subject Labor unions -- Australia -- History.
Labor unions.
Australia.
History.
Labor unions -- Australia -- Forecasting.
Forecasting.
Labor movement -- Australia -- History.
Labor movement.
Labor movement -- Australia -- Forecasting.
Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Peetz, David, 1957- Unions in a contrary world. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998 052163055X (DLC) 98007189 (OCoLC)38948183
ISBN 9781139126755 (electronic book)
113912675X (electronic book)
052163055X
9780521630559
0521639506
9780521639507
9781139113922

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