Title Unions in a contrary world : the future of the Australian trade union movement / David Peetz

Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description xi, 243 pages ; 24 cm Series Reshaping Australian institutions Reshaping Australian institutions. Contents 1. Patterns and Issues in Union Decline -- 2. Joining and Leaving Unions -- 3. Sympathy for Unions -- 4. Structural Change in the Labour Market -- 5. The Institutional Break in Union Membership -- 6. Within the Workplace -- 7. The Accord and the Post-Accord Industrial Relations Order -- 8. The Future for Australian Unions Summary "Australia once had extremely high levels of trade union participation, yet since the 1970s the number of union members has been falling dramatically. This book gives the clearest picture yet of why people do or do not belong to unions and, in a sophisticated way, examines the reasons for union decline."--BOOK JACKET Analysis Accord Attitudes Australia overseas comparisons Collective bargaining (Industrial relations) Compulsory unionism Federal issue History Labor unions Labour market Management practices Statistics Trade union membership Trends to 2000 Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 215-232 Subject Collective labor agreements -- Australia. Labor movement -- Australia -- Forecasting. Labor movement -- Australia -- History. Labor union members -- Australia. Labor unions -- Australia -- History. Labor unions -- Australia -- Forecasting. Labor unions -- Australia. Labor unions -- Australia -- Membership. SUBJECT Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009600 Author MacIntosh, Malcolm (Lecturer) LC no. 98007189 ISBN 052163055X 0521639506

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