by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 7, 2018 | Events, unions
Work: Past and Present is a monthly seminar investigating Australian and international labour history through the contemporary moment. It is a new series organised by myself, Sarah Gregson (University of New South Wales) and Frances Flanagan (United Voice/University...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 5, 2018 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, unions
This week my colleague Sarah Gregson (UNSW) and I are on the GLAMcity podcast talking about the history of work, labour under the Accord, and the memorialisation of those killed in the West Gate Bridge collapse & the Titanic disaster. You can listen to the...
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...
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 –...
