In a previous paper1, we compared the industrial relations of coolies employed in the tea gardens of Assam with those of Aborigines who worked in the cattle industry of tropical Australia. Continue reading
Jack Lang would not have been surprised at his government’s win in the NSW general elections of 25 October 1930—it was easily predictable. Continue reading
Abstract
Manuel Castells’ The Power of Identity argued that, compared with the power of identity, “the labour movement fades away as a major source of social cohesion”. Insights from Raymond Williams suggest the labour movement’s retreat from a politics of class difference has ensured that, although the reality of class inequalities has become more stark, perceptions of this reality have become less clear-sighted. Continue reading
Owing to the isolation of Darwin and environs, workmen by organizing have been able to enforce their demands to an extent which would have been impossible if surplus labour had at the moment of demand been available. Continue reading
This paper records the struggle waged by the Queensland Colliery Employees’ Union, the state branch of the Miners’ Federation, in defence of jobs between 1954 and 1967. Continue reading
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This paper explores a neglected strand of Australian radicalism, which I have called new age socialism. Continue reading
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Arbitration has played a central role in Australian industrial relations. Continue reading
Introduction
“We are living through the information revolution”, “Information technology has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives”. Today these claims are made in the popular media, by business and political leaders, and intellectuals.1 Continue reading
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The Clunes riot was the first occasion that armed police used force in an industrial dispute in Victoria. Continue reading
Keynote address
The triple theme of the conference not only allows a review to be made of the industrial past—it, more importantly, allows a prediction to be made of the organisational needs and types of struggle to be experienced by worker collectives in the century ahead. Continue reading
Keynote address
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Postmodernism has challenged historians to reconsider three issues Continue reading
Framing the Unions: The Changing Images of Unionists on Screen
Lisa Milner
This paper outlines the history of one Australian union’s visual representation of its members and activities, through film and video. Continue reading
‘Understand the Past, Act on the Present, Shape the Future’
Transcript of Eric Fry’s Account of the History of the ASSLH
I will be talking about the formation of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History in 1961 and its early years to the mid-1960s. The formation of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History – Labour History Society for short – was a decisive occasion in Australian labour history, Continue reading
Canberra Region Branch, ASSLH 1961-2011: an association of university, archives, society, unions and dictionary
This is a volume of some of the papers to be presented to the 12th biennial conference of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH), to be held in Canberra from 15 to 17 September 2011.2 Continue reading
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As definitions of the “the left” and “labour” have shifted in response to changing political agendas, labour history has also embraced the history of cultural diversity and of difference. Continue reading
Papers – Labour history & its people
Welcome and Message from Prime Minister Continue reading