Reforming Australian Industrial Relations?: The 21st Foenander Lecture, 28 August 2006

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 410-435

  Isaac, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

anti union legislation; industrial relations; minimum wage; workplace agreements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990386633     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185607077524     Document Type: Article

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