Tom BrambleTrade Unionism in Australia
A History from Flood to Ebb Tide
Tom Bramble has been a socialist activist since the 1970s in Britain and Australia. He is a founding member of Socialist Alternative and a member of its National Executive. He writes regularly for Red Flag and Marxist Left Review. One of his most recent books is "The Fight for Workers' Power: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the 20th Century" (with Mick Armstrong).
List of figures and tables; List of acronyms; Preface; Introduction; 1. Trade unionism in the postwar boom, 1945
67; Part I. The Flood Tide: 2. The union upsurge, 1968
74; Part II. The Stand-Off, 1974
83: 3 Economic crisis and the halting of the flood tide, 1974
5; 4. Unionism in the Fraser years; Part III. The Ebb Tide, 1983
2007: 5. The accord, 1983
90; 6. Enterprise bargaining and a revived employer offensive 1990
6; 7. Unionism in a cold climate, 1996
2004; 8. WorkChoices and the defeat of the Howard Government; 9. Results and prospects; Index.
