(1992) Industrial Relations: The Year Ahead
It is difficult at the best of times to speak with certainty about the future. It is particularly difficult to do this with industrial relations at this time.
It is difficult at the best of times to speak with certainty about the future. It is particularly difficult to do this with industrial relations at this time.
The NSW government should be more ambitious in tackling the problems of unemployment in NSW. The release of recent unemployment figures consistently show that NSW accounts for the vast majority of job losses.
Perhaps the most valuable role the Lloyd Ross Forum can play is to assist in the promotion of discussion within the labour movement and the wider community about the policy, strategic and practical options facing the union movement. What Should Unions Do? is an attempt to assist that discussion.
When the subject of ‘what should unions do?’ comes up at union gatherings in Australia it is rare that the Japanese experience is seriously discussed. When the topic of Japanese labor unions is raised it is frequently in pejorative tones.
Interview/Debate with Quentin Dempster on the ABC television 7.30pm Report between Michael Easson, Secretary, Labor Council of NSW, and Garry Brack, Executive Director, Employers Federation of NSW.