Becoming an Industry: The Struggle of Social and Community Workers for Award Coverage, 1976–2001

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-521

  Briggs, Chris ^a   Meagher, Gabrielle ^a   Healy, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Award coverage; care workers; community services; industrial recognition; union strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990375327     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185607080319     Document Type: Article

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