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The Struggle over the Employment Contracts Act 1987-1991

Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand

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Title The Struggle over the Employment Contracts Act 1987-1991
 
Creator Heal, Sarah
 
Description The introduction of the Employment Contracts Act was opposed by many workers and has subsequently been condemned by a number of organisations. This paper attempts to address the question of why, given the widespread opposition to the proposed legislation, a general strike did not occur in an attempt to defeat the Employment Contracts Bill. It is argued that the failure of the leadership of the Council of Trade Unions to take up the call for a general strike and then to lead such an action was a key factor in the enactment of the Employment Contracts Act. Explanations for the unwillingness of the Council of Trade Unions to lead a general strike are provided both by the thesis of bureaucratic conservatism and by the policy approach adopted by the Council of Trade Unions in the preceding years.
 
Publisher Victoria University of Wellington
 
Date 1994-11-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/LEW/article/view/936
10.26686/lew.v0i0.936
 
Source Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand; 1994: Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand
2463-2600
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/LEW/article/view/936/749