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W(h)ither Australian Unions?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

David H. Plowman
David H. Plowman*
Affiliation:
Industrial Relations Research Centre, University of New South Wales
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Abstract

Recent years have seen Australian unions suffer major membership losses. Unions now represent only 46 per cent of the workforce and less than one third of the private sector workforce. The paper examines union membership trends and analysis the appropriate environment, structures and strategies for addressing union decline.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , December 1991 , pp. 25 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1991

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Footnotes

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An amended version of a paper prepared for M. Costa and M. Easson (eds) What should Unions Do?, forthcoming.

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