Contesting Inequality and Worker Mobilisation: Australia 1851-1880

ISBN-13: 9780367537258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 340 str.

Opis

Contesting Inequality and Worker Mobilisation: Australia 1851-1880 provides a new perspective on how and why workers organise, and what shapes that organisation.

Spis treści

1. The Collective Impulse, Mobilisation and Political Economy. 2. Overview of Organisation, Methods and Patterns of Struggle. 3. Transport and Maritime Activities. 4. Worker Organisation in Agriculture and Rural Industry. 5. Mining. 6. Worker Organisation in Building and Construction. 7. Metal/Engineering, Printing and Transport Equipment. 8. Apparel, Footwear, Food/Beverages and other Manufacturing. 9. Retailing/Warehouses, Hospitality, Commercial and Personal Services. 10. Workers in Government and Community Service. 11. Wider Alliances, Peak-Union Bodies and Political Organisation. 12. Concluding Observations.

O autorze

Michael Quinlan is emeritus professor of industrial relations, University of NSW and adjunct professor School of History and Humanities, University of Tasmania.