Industrial relations
Article
Secret ballot or secret war?
Proposed laws on strikes and lockouts tip the playing field further against employees, argues Chris Briggs.
Article
Public relations one; industrial relations nil
Canberra’s latest campaign underlines the need for controls over government advertising, according to Graeme Orr and Joo-Cheong Tham.
Article
Reform, yes - ideology, no
Is the federal government interested in efficiency or ideology, asks John Edwards.
Conference paper
'New' industrial relations? Meeting the challenge of casual work in Australia
Barbara Pocock, John Buchanan and Iain Campbell examine policy options to contain the expansion of casual work in Australia. The first part of the paper briefly summarises the evidence on casual work and why it is a problem in Australia. The second part looks at some of the factors that have facilitated its growth. The...
Working paper
Industrial organisation: work practices & rituals in the Hunter District Water Board
This paper is part of a program that chronicles the administrative history of the Hunter District Water Board. Working Paper No. 8 focuses on day-to-day work practices, dynamics between employees and organisational culture.