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How relevant are the unions?

How relevant are the unions?

by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 5, 2014 | Australian Economy, Neoliberalism, unions

Tad Tietze and I have an article on the state of the unions in the wake of the Qantas job cuts, which has been stirring up some discussion at The Guardian‘s Comment Is Free section. Here’s a preview, and you can read the full article here. It is no...
Still stuck in the 1980s? The Unions and the Accord

Still stuck in the 1980s? The Unions and the Accord

by Elizabeth Humphrys | Oct 14, 2012 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, unions

This blog post first appeared at Overland Journal. *** On 16 May 2012 there was a reunion at the Australian Council of Trade Unions congress gala dinner. The crucial players involved in the development of the ACTU and ALP Prices and Incomes Accord of the 1980s –...
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An Integral State is the online home for Elizabeth Humphrys, who is a political economist based at the University of Technology Sydney. An Integral State acknowledges the traditional owners of the land it is written in, especially the Gadigal of the Eora Nation. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

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