Abstract
Employers and their associations found themselves in a more complex environment largely of their own making. Desired change through the federal system appeared too incremental yet repeated association calls for a hardening of the Workplace Relations regime fell foul of the Senate. At state level, policy backlashes have all but removed neo-liberal gains of the last decade. Developments in the building industry present an anti-union federal government, associations and adversarial companies with their best chance to extend the effects of the 1996 Act. In general, associations indulge in a neo-liberal form of rentier policy pleading while unions continue to make gains in unlikely circumstances.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 224-253 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | Journal of Industrial Relations |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |