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Public funded trade union education in Australia
Publication year - 1980
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/j.1468-2338.1980.tb00308.x
Subject(s) - trade union , statutory law , political science , public education , economics , international trade , public administration , law
Trade union education is assisted by public funds in most industrialised nations. A seemingly unique statutory training body (TUTA) has been recently established in Australia. Les Cupper gives a detailed account of TUTA's origins and history and focuses on the danger of organised labour relying upon nonunion funds to finance its training activity.