The New South Wales Railway Commissioners' Strategic Pre-Planning for the Mass Strike of 1917
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2744801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Tierney (0000-0003-4713-9803, corresponding author), Robert Tierney Robert Tierney |
| Year | 2010 |
| Issue | 98 |
| Pages | 143 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labour History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-6942 • E-ISSN: 1839-3039 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5263/labourhistory.98.1.143 |
| OpenAlex | W2241114478 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
There is evidence to suggest that senior management in the New South Wales railway service pre-planned for the waged staff's withdrawal of labour in early August 1917, which preceded the mass strike. The aims of this strategic pre-planning were to break the power and resolve of the railway unions. The article examines two strategies adopted by the senior management; the stockpiling of coal prior to the dispute as a means of weakening the capacity of a coal miners' strike to disrupt the railway service; and the creation of a pool of conservative salaried railway staff within the Locomotive Branch, devoted to intensifying the productivity of waged labour and to eliminating rank and file militancy
Business · Economics · Management · Operations management · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Australian History and Society · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |