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dc.contributor.authorBowden, Bradley
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:11:04Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:11:04Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-07-06T07:00:55Z
dc.identifier.issn00236942
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30437
dc.description.abstractWhile there has been much research on union formation there has been little analysis of the ways in which employers assisted this process. This paper contends that such support was a precondition for union success in Brisbane prior to the mid-1880s. Employers supported unionism for different reasons, with motives changing over time. Prior to the late 1870s the unions' principal sponsors were the major employers in the trade each union organised. These employers supported unionism because industrial regulation suited their business interests. After 1879, the employers who assumed union leadership roles were largely driven by ideological sympathies rather than financial considerations. Under such leaders the union movement pursued an increasingly independent course.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent390175 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Society for the Study of Labour History
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://asslh.org.au/journal/contents-and-abstracts/journal-contents-no-97/journal-abstracts-no-97/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom105
dc.relation.ispartofpageto122
dc.relation.ispartofissueNov 2009
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLabour History
dc.relation.ispartofvolume97
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchIndustrial and employee relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistorical studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistory and philosophy of specific fields
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman resources and industrial relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350504
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4303
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5002
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3505
dc.title'Harmony ... between the employer and employed': Employer support for union formation in Brisbane, 1857-90
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.rights.copyright© 2009 Australian Society for the Study of Labour History. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorBowden, Bradley


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