Labour History

TOC: Number 96 - May 2009

Labour History
A Journal of Labour and Social History
Number 96 * May 2009

Articles

Governor Macquarie's Job Descriptions and the Bureaucratic Control of the Convict Labour Process Bill Robbins 1

'We have no means of redress unless we strike': Class, Gender and Activism in the Melbourne Tailoresses' Strike, 1882-83 Danielle Thornton 19

'In bramble of chicanery belated justice stands': Early Judicial Interpretations of the Factories and Shops Act 1896 (Vic) Rohan Price 39

From Labourism to Social Democracy: Labor Governments and Fiscal Policy in the Australian States 1911-40Geoffrey Robinson 57

Template for a Labor Faction: The Industrial Section and the Industrial Vigilance Council of the NSW Labor Party, 1916-19 Michael Hogan 79

Against the Odds: Establishing the Miscellaneous Workers Union in Tasmania, 1949-59 Michael Hess 101

Under Pressure: The Whitlam Labor Opposition and Class Struggle, 1967-72 Ashley Lavelle 117

Reassessing the Victorian Trades Hall 'Split' of 1967-73 Cathy Brigden 135

Exploding the Stability Myth: Structural Change in the Australian Trade Union Movement, 1969-85 Kerrie Saville 155

Dole Bludgers, Taxpayers and the New Right: Constructing Discourses of Welfare Verity Archer 177

Research Report

The ACTU Congress of 2006 and its Aftermath Ed Davis 191

Report

How Unions Brought the Workers Back to Labor Peter Lewis

Heritage Report

The Old with the New: Refurbishing the Sydney Trades Hall and Reclaiming Union History Neale Towart

Conference Report

LabFem2: Feminist Working Class History in Europe and Beyond Stockholm, Sweden, August 28-31 2008 Cathy Brigden

Obituaries

A Legend Among True Believers: Clyde Cameron (1913-2008) Bill Guy

Balmain Legend, 'Issy' Wyner (1916-2008) Larry Wyner

Oral Historian and Activist, 'Studs' Terkel (1912-2008) Sarah Gregson

Book Reviews

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