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Labour Review issue no. 172 - October 2006

union organising

The Union Official as Pastoral Carer
Union officials and ministers of religion have much in common, if only because both roles can be intensely pastoral.

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Social issues

Economic Boom’s New Generation Poor
As Australia gets richer, younger generations are failing to scale the ladder of opportunity.

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employment

Labour Market Transitions and Risks of Exclusion
An examination of the transitions between full-time work, three categories of part-time work, unemployment, unpaid caring and retirement, and “not in the labour force but not studying or caring”.

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employment

Contemporary Disability Employment Policy in Australia: How Can it Best Support Transitions from Welfare to Work?
The 2005 welfare to work reforms focused particularly on people with a disability.

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employment

Care Giving and Employment: Policy Recognition of Care and Pathways to Labour Force Return
Contemporary labour markets and the gendered relations of informal care giving in Australia set the context for this exploration of changes in income support policies that enable or constrain the “choices” which care-providers seek to make.

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employment

Mature Workers, Training and Using Transitional Labour Market Frameworks
Mature workers have been at the centre of policies aimed at encouraging higher participation rates, longer working life and enhanced savings for retirement.

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Training

From Union Inspired to Industry Led: How Australian Labour’s Training Reform Experiment Turned Sour
Australian labour set out on a grand attempt to restructure vocational education and training in the 1980s and the 1990s.

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union organising

Business Union vs. Business Union? Understanding the Split in the US Labour Movement
In summer 2005 the US trade union movement split into two rival confederations.

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