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  • The rise and decline of Australian unionism: a history of industrial labour from the 1820s to 2010

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    Bowden, Bradley
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    Bowden, Bradley
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    In exploring the factors that contributed to the rise and decline of industrial labour in Australia, this article argues that support for unionism initially emerged from a working class that was a product of the country's unusual economic history. In the twentieth century the implementation of systems of compulsory arbitration, devised to mediate industrial conflict, reinforced support for unionism. In 1948, however, support for unionism peaked and a long process of decline began as the working class constituency that had provided its social anchor disintegrated as a result of structural changes in the economy. The dismantling ...
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    In exploring the factors that contributed to the rise and decline of industrial labour in Australia, this article argues that support for unionism initially emerged from a working class that was a product of the country's unusual economic history. In the twentieth century the implementation of systems of compulsory arbitration, devised to mediate industrial conflict, reinforced support for unionism. In 1948, however, support for unionism peaked and a long process of decline began as the working class constituency that had provided its social anchor disintegrated as a result of structural changes in the economy. The dismantling of arbitration after 1986 exacerbated this established pattern of decline, as did a growth in precarious employment and employer anti-union strategies.
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    Journal Title
    Labour History
    Volume
    100
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.5263/labourhistory.100.0051
    Copyright Statement
    © 2011 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.
    Subject
    Industrial and employee relations
    Historical studies
    History and philosophy of specific fields
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/40801
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