The Circles of Industrial Relations Industrial relations came out of the Industrial Revolution having always been shaped by the economic models and the politics of the day. The industrial revolution occurred between 1760-1840. At the same, Scottish economist, Adam Smith’s model of liberal economics laid the foundations for Capitalism as we know it (1776). Industrialisation…
The ETU and Award Restructuring ACTU: Australian Council of Trade UnionsAMWU: Amalgamated Metal Workers UnionETU: Electrical Trades UnionMTFU: Metal Trades Federation of UnionsMTIA: Metal Trades Association of Australia While doing some cataloguing for our ETU archive, I came across a press release by a Liberal politician taking the opportunity to stick the knife into my…
Freddy Hooks When a workplace accident happens, it’s very hard to empathise or understand the horrors of the moment until you hear it told by those who were there. In this story, Fred Cowie’s son and his close mate Mick Law remember those days and how after an horrific accident Fred Cowie not only survived…
Echoes of Tolpuddle Driving through Dorchester, England on holiday some time back, I suddenly started yelling; Stop the Car! Stop the Car! The others in the car looked at me like I was a lunatic but we had just driven into the village of Tolpuddle, a holy grail of trade unionism. I jumped out of the car,…