A History of Australia, Volume 5Cambridge University Press, 1981 - Australia |
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Page 40
... trade unions were distinguished by their concern with minutes off the day , pennies on the pay , and im- provements in the conditions of labour . Union members , especially the itiner- ant workers like the shearers and those engaged in ...
... trade unions were distinguished by their concern with minutes off the day , pennies on the pay , and im- provements in the conditions of labour . Union members , especially the itiner- ant workers like the shearers and those engaged in ...
Page 185
... trade over protection by showing them there were fewer lunatics per square mile in free trade New South Wales than in protec- tionist Victoria . The audience enjoyed the tomfoolery . They laughed , they clapped , they exchanged ...
... trade over protection by showing them there were fewer lunatics per square mile in free trade New South Wales than in protec- tionist Victoria . The audience enjoyed the tomfoolery . They laughed , they clapped , they exchanged ...
Page 244
... trade unionists . Any emplover dismissing a worker for belonging to a trade union was liable to a fine of £ 20 . As in New Zealand , the procedure of the Court was not fettered by all those rules and conventions which governed ...
... trade unionists . Any emplover dismissing a worker for belonging to a trade union was liable to a fine of £ 20 . As in New Zealand , the procedure of the Court was not fettered by all those rules and conventions which governed ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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