(1993) Future Directions of Trade Union Peak Councils
This article was co-written with Michael Costa and Tom Forrest, probably in mid-1993, and was for internal discussion in the Labor Council of NSW.
(1993) Options Concerning Trade Union Training
Some of the early history of trade union training in Australia is covered in an article by Peter Mathews in an article in the Journal of Industrial Relations in 1966.
(1993) Labor Heart Change to Wage-fixing System
Whoever thinks that anything the Prime Minister said last week on industrial relations reform was accidental or merely imperfectly phrased is kidding themselves.
(1992) Employment Ideas: 9 Points Worth Fast Tracking
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.
(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.
(1992) Introduction to What Should Unions Do?
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.
(1992) Television Interview on Industrial Relations
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.
(1992) Matching the Wattle with the Chrysanthemum: Comparisons between Australian and Japanese Unions
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.
(1992) Remembering Tiananmen Square
During the lonely nights and long days that Chinese students, workers and ordinary citizens gathered in Tiananmen Square, one of the most popular songs was this one.
(1992) The End of Solarz’s Brilliant Career
Australia had a big stake in the New York Primaries held in mid-September. The defeat of Stephen Solarz means the defeat of one of Australia’s most important allies in the Congress.