The New Province for Law and Order: 100 Years of Australian Industrial Conciliation and ArbitrationStuart Macintyre, Joseph Ezra Isaac The Commonwealth of Australia was federated in 1901. Only three short years later the Federal Government established a court system to arbitrate over industrial disputes in a young country that already had a history of half a century of organised labour. This 2004 book is a thematic history of an important Australian institution, the federal conciliation and arbitration system, on the occasion of its centenary. The various chapters written by leading scholars deal with the system's political history, the work of the tribunal, the legal framework, economic and social effects, the effects on indigenous and women workers, the role of employers associations and unions, and the management of industrial conflict. It is a story rich in drama involving strikes, lockouts, imprisonment of union officials, noisy protests in courtrooms and in the streets, momentous High Court judgements, and the rise and fall of governments. |
Contents
ELUSIVE MIDDLE GROUND A POLITICAL HISTORY | 17 |
ARBITRATION IN ACTION | 55 |
THE LAW OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION | 98 |
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS | 139 |
JUSTICE AND EQUITY WOMEN AND INDIGENOUS WORKERS | 207 |
EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS AND COMPULSORY ARBITRATION | 241 |
UNIONS AND ARBITRATION | 275 |
MANAGING INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT | 316 |
MAIN TRIBUNAL CHANGES | 355 |
MEMBERSHIP | 356 |
THE OBJECTS OF THE ACT | 367 |
NOTES | 373 |
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Page vii - Conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State.
Page 6 - ... there is a dictate of nature more imperious and more ancient than any bargain between man and man, that the remuneration must be enough to support the wage-earner in reasonable and frugal comfort.