| Description |
xxxi, 335 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
No improvement without standardisation: the origons of Queensland's industrial relations system, 1857-1916 -- Combination of masters: role of employer organisations in shaping the Queensland industrial relations system -- Peculiar history: Queensland unions, 1916-2009 -- Independent judgement: the history of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, 1916-2009 -- Evolution of the system: industrial relations policy and legislation, 1859-2009 -- From catch up to innovatuion: a history of occupational health and safety regulation in Queensland -- Role for government in setting minimum employment standards? -- Missing in action: industrial relations and aboriginal labour -- women's pay and participation in the Queensland workforce -- Politics of an apolitical public service -- Strikes: limits to industrial action? -- 'Best deal for workers': Rockhampton unions and the Queensland arbitration system to 1957 -- Queensland labour relations 1859-2009: conflict, control and regulation |
| Summary |
From Queensland's inception as a self-governing colony in December 185 1859 the issue of labour relations has preoccupied governments and shaped the experiences of its working men and women. This book looks at the diverse range of experiences that, together, make up a unique system of labour relations |
| Analysis |
History, 1901-1999 |
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Sociology: work & labour (Australia, Queensland) |
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Industrial relations (Australia, Queensland) |
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History (Australia,Queensland) |
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History, 2000-2009 |
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Queensland |
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Industrial relations |
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Labour movement |
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Working class |
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Social conditions |
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Sociology: work & labour (Australia,Queensland) |
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History |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography |
| Notes |
en-aus |
| In |
ACQUIRE [electronic resource] : Central Queensland University Institutional Repository |
| Subject |
Industrial relations -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Labor movement -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
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Working class -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
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Industrial relations -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
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Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Genre/Form |
Book
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| Author |
Bowden, Bradley, editor
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Blackwood, Simon, editor
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Rafferty, Cath, editor
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Allan, Cameron, editor
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| LC no. |
2009675124 |
| ISBN |
186287753X (hardback) |
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1862877521 (paperback) |
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9781862877535 (hardback) |
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9781862877528 (paperback) |
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