Australian Trade Unions and the Politics of Scale
Reconstructing the Spatiality of Industrial Relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5086852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Sadler (0000-0001-6465-3420, University of Liverpool), Bob Fagan (Macquarie University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-43 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2004.tb00227.x |
| OpenAlex | W2032114175 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 27 |
In this article, we explore responses of trade unions to the reconfiguration of the Australian industrial relations system in the 1990s. We argue that a major characteristic of these changes is the way in which they were socially constructed as necessary imperatives of globalization and new modes of production. Our interpretation focuses on the importance of geographic scale. We contend that a relational sense of scale is consistent with an analysis of the situatedness of labor practices and that Australia has witnessed a particularly striking use of "globalization" as political narrative. We then detail key features of the new industrial relations environment in Australia that have transformed a system that was once exceptional in its degree of nationally centralized negotiation and collective bargaining. The implications of two important confrontations related to the 1996 Workplace Relations Act are explored in detail: the conflicts between transnational mining giant Rio Tinto and the mineworkers' union over reform in the Australian coal industry and the waterfront dispute over working practices and relations in Australian ports. In conclusion, we draw out some of the broader lessons from these events in the context of rescaling processes
Collective bargaining · Context (archaeology) · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Globalization · International trade · Labor relations · Narrative · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Scale (ratio) · Social science · Sociology · Trade union · Employment and Welfare Studies · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2017 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |