Trade Unionism in Australia : A History from Flood to Ebb Tide (Hardcover)

List of figures and tables; List of acronyms; Preface; Introduction; 1. Trade unionism in the postwar boom, 1945?67; Part I. The Flood Tide: 2. The union upsurge, 1968?74; Part II. The Stand-Off, 1974?83: 3 Economic crisis and the halting of the flood tide, 1974?5; 4. Unionism in the Fraser years; Part III. The Ebb Tide, 1983?2007: 5. The accord, 1983?90; 6. Enterprise bargaining and a revived employer offensive 1990?6; 7. Unionism in a cold climate, 1996?2004; 8. WorkChoices and the defeat of the Howard Government; 9. Results and prospects; Index.