AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
The Electrolux judgment and the right to strike. (Politics).
A FULL BENCH of the Federal Court (Wilcox, Branson and Marshall JJ), in the Electrolux case (21st June 2002), has widened the grounds under which unions can lawfully "advise" their members to walk off the job and thus bring the employer's business (and probably other businesses) to a halt. This decision immediately prompted debate and criticism in the media. For example, in the ABC's 7.30 Report of 24th June, Kerry O'Brien repeatedly but unsuccessfully sought to force Minister Tony Abbott into denying any legitimacy for "the right to strike", and ACTU President Sharan Burrow repeatedly referred to "international law" as providing legitimacy for such a right.
For ...
- Right Against Right: Are Current Legal Constraints On Trade Unions Justified?
- Magazine article from: Labour & Industry Hunt, Ian April 1, 2001 700+ words
...the original thrust of the common law, which is that trade union...industrial relations law and the common law seem to give overriding weight...The interest workers have in trade unions is to lessen competition among...rejected. It is the task of trade unions to ...
- Working around Work Choices: collective bargaining and the common law....
- Magazine article from: Melbourne University Law Review Stewart, Andrew Riley, Joellen December 1, 2007 700+ words
...continuing role of the common law in both defining and...repeatedly suggested that common law contracts--that is...12) Employers and trade unions in the federal system...basis, have been using common law agreements to sidestep...
- Trade Unions in a Changing World: A British View.(Transcript)
- Magazine article from: Worklife Report March 22, 1998 700+ words
...Congress, 17 September 1998 I believe in trade unions. Not just for reasons of sentiment...than sentiment. For millions of people trade unions are both relevant and necessary in today...at work still need the protection of trade unions against the arbitrary abuse of management...
- Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations Pulignano, Valeria September 22, 2004 700+ words
Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge edited...facets and current dilemmas affecting trade unions in Europe, but the analysis has not...the nature of the challenges facing trade unions in Europe. They have most notably dealt...
- South African trade unions: a historical account, 1970-90.
- Magazine article from: Monthly Labor Review Barrett, Jerome T. Mullins, Anne Finbarr October 1, 1990 700+ words
South African trade unions: a historical account, 1970-90...decade. The centers evolved into trade unions, which led a series of strikes in...1976, there were 174 registered trade unions, mostly white, colored (mixed...
- HANOI SEEKS MODEL FOR TRADE UNIONS IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News June 20, 2001 700+ words
...Asia Pulse - An effective model for trade unions in Hanoi's industrial and export processing...enterprises in the IZs have established trade unions, drawing 3,673 members. However, some trade unions belong to the Hanoi Labour Federation...
- Trade unions threaten country-wide stir on Jan 20 on EPF rate.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. January 11, 2006 700+ words
Trade unions threaten country-wide stir on Jan...cent EPF rate for 2005-06, Central trade unions today threatened to launch a nation...against the "outrageous decision". The trade unions, mostly affiliated to Left parties...
- Assembly Passes Bill That Would Let Trade Unions Use Company Email.
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing Despres, Philippe Zafrani, Sarah April 21, 2004 700+ words
...Relations Bill, which proposes authorizing trade unions to use a company's email system and...communicate with employees. Although trade unions already use electronic means to disseminate...45 of the bill proposes authorizing trade unions to use a company's email and its intranet...
