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Moving beyond adversarialism: industrial relations and change in the Australian shearing industry
Author(s) -
Fells Ray,
Skeffington Robert
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00094
Subject(s) - industrial relations , adversarial system , shearing (physics) , economic geography , political science , geology , economics , geotechnical engineering , law
The shearers have always played a prominent role in industrial relations in Australia. This article examines the transition from a long history of adversarial industrial relations to a new found cooperation and uses the case study to reflect upon current developments in Australian industrial relations.