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Continuity and Change: The New South Wales Public Sector Under Labor
Author(s) -
O'Donnell Michael
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.00186
Subject(s) - public sector , successor cardinal , government (linguistics) , memorandum , industrial relations , collective bargaining , public service , wage , labor relations , public administration , principal (computer security) , trade union , new public management , labour economics , political science , business , economics , economy , management , law , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , computer science , operating system
This paper analyses recent developments in wage bargaining in the New South Wales public sector under the Labor government. It contrasts the approach taken by the former Coalition government with that of its successor. The discussion is focused on the Memorandum of Understanding between the Labor government and the public sector unions. With the agreement of the unions, the government has reasserted both substantive and procedural control over public sector industrial relations. This has not, however, prevented widespread industrial action in schools, hospitals and public transport and continuing tensions between the principal public service union and the government.