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Record Nr.

UNISA996247926303316

Autore

Sheridan Tom <1938->

Titolo

Division of labour [[electronic resource] ] : industrial relations in the Chifley years, 1945-49 / / Tom Sheridan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989

ISBN

0-19-554961-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 404 p. )

Disciplina

331/.0994/09044

Soggetti

Industrial relations - Australia - History

Industrial relations - History - Australia

Business & Economics

Labor & Workers' Economics

Australia Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. [373]-386) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. The setting -- 2. Ben Chifley: background, character and approach -- 3. The government, the economy and the labour market -- 4. The unions -- 5. Private-sector employers -- 6. The opening salvos: NSW steel and Queensland meat -- 7. Hours and wages: the '40 years' case and the margins war -- 8. Federal arbitration: reform, personnel and sanctions -- 9. Victoria and Queensland 1947-49: getting tough with the unions -- 10. The Communist Party and industrial relations -- 11. Regulating market forces: the run-in to the 1949 coal strike -- 12. 'Boots and all': Mr Chifley and the miners -- Conclusions