Australia's Unions

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-1-86287-260-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten

This is a compelling read. Macken speaks through the eyes of Billy Luscombe, an old union man who reviews and dreams of the past and the future of unions. Together, they examine the effects of the modern cultural changes on the union movement in Australia. They explain the nature of secular change and reviews the mistakes made by the unions in trying to handle such change. They point to successful unions and the reasons they have grown when other unions have declined.Optimistic about the future of unionism, they speculate on the differing forms such unions will take. Macken cleverly deals with the future of Australia's union movement in an entertaining way. This is a must read for unionists, industrial relations personnel and all Australians who care about rights, and all those who hope for the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macken, Jim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Prologue: The last rites ‘Allons enfants.’ A revolution Schism in the soul How many revolutions? Pessimism of intellect The corporate revolution The end of the nation states The employment revolution The wages revolution The hours revolution The managerial revolution The demographic revolution The female revolution The technological revolution Workers. but not employees The breakdown of cultural structure The end of strikes Pessimism of intellect Optimism of will Back to basics The mining industry The textile and clothing trades The finance sector The road transport industry Union employment agencies Union services The cultural revolution at mid-point Renaissance The responses of archaism and futurism The ‘dialectic of disintegration’ Tomorrow belongs to us. Epilogue