Patterns in Australian industrial conflict : 1973-1989
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1992
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Sheen, Robyn Lindsay
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This thesis originated from an observation I made jn 1985 when writing a paper on the
1984-85 British miners' strike. At the time, a dispute was taking place in Queensland
between the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) and the South-East Queensland Electricity
Board (SEQEB). I was struck by some of the similarities between the two strikes.
Foremost was the way in which the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher was
framing laws in the aftermath of the miners' strike to combat what she saw as excessive
union power. In Queensland, the Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson was following suit
with a range of legislation that was distinctly reminiscent of the British model. Based on that original observation, I was led to question the ways and extent to which law
is a factor in dealing with industrial conflict in Australia. With a centralised collective
bargaining system based in law, the conduct of industrial relations in Australia has been
regulated by industrial tribunals since the late nineteenth century. Embedded in the
various federal and state acts have been processes and penalties for dealing with
industrial disputation and non-conformism to the system.
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