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The State, Labour Management and Union Marginalisation at Electrolytic Zinc, Tasmania, 1920-48
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Barton, R, The State, Labour Management and Union Marginalisation at Electrolytic Zinc, Tasmania, 1920-48, Labour History, 101 pp. 53-70. ISSN 0023-6942 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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© 2011 Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
DOI: doi:10.5263/labourhistory.101.0053
Abstract
While there has been considerable debate about arbitration’s role in framing union strategy
and tactics, its impact on managerial strategy and subordinating labour has been less explored.
Electrolytic Zinc had a strategy of using the industrial regulation system, particularly the
Tasmanian wages boards, and participative structures to marginalise trade unions for 15
years. However, these measures failed to completely suppress unionism and encouraged the
emergence of company based-unionism. Whilst an initial attempt to form a new companybased union failed, the second was successful and its emergence and form emerged from the
interplay between the arbitral system and Electrolytic Zinc’s participative structures.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Tasmania, Electrolytic Zinc, trade unions, Wages Boards |
| Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
| Research Group: | Business and Management |
| Research Field: | Industrial Relations |
| Objective Division: | Cultural Understanding |
| Objective Group: | Understanding Past Societies |
| Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's Past |
| UTAS Author: | Barton, R (Dr Ruth Barton) |
| ID Code: | 136159 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Deposited By: | Management |
| Deposited On: | 2019-12-03 |
| Last Modified: | 2020-05-05 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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