Technology and other changes to work processes since the 1940s. Context: industrial relations, technology and management of workforce change.Book.Front cover: editor's name and titleballarat trades and labour council, btlc, industrial relations - management of change, technology, unions

Debunks long-held myths about aggressiveness of trade unionism. Essentially a book about what unions are and what they do.Relevance to anecdotal history of unions.Book. Dymo label, 'DJ SPIERS', attached to the front cover. Author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, unions

The author argues that unions do operate within democratic process. A comparative exposition of democratic practice within the Australian Bank Employees' Union, the Australian Social Welfare Union, The Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Industrial Union, the Storemen and Packers' Union, and the Victorian Printers Operatives' Union.Relevant to the function of Australian trade unions.Book.Title page: 'D.J. Spiers, Curtin University, 1988' in black ink. Cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, unions - various, democracy - process

Emerging unionism of phone technicians, flight attendants and bank employees in Australia. Effects of technology upon these professions. Equal opportunity and women's rights perspectives.Workplace change - technology - management of change. Exposition of industries covered by the following unions: Australian Telecommunications Employees' Association; Australian Flight Attendants' Association; Australian Bank Employees' Union.Book.Title page: 'D.J. Spiers, Curtin University, December 1988', in blue ink. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, telecommunications - telstra, aviation - flight attendants, banking - employees, technological advancement, equal opportunity - women's rights, management of change

Approaches current (1997) employment relations in Australia comparative to other countries (especially the United States and European nations). Note: this book was published one year after the Coalition (National and Liberal parties) returned to government in Australia and is therefore written before the enactment of the WorkChoices legislation and the subsequent Fair Work Act. Includes commentary about the likely future of industrial relations. The authors provide analysis around the following industries: automative; banking; information technology; Australian steel; and telecommunications.Industrial relations in the 1990s. Book; paperback.Front cover: editors' names and title. Title page: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers, University of Ballarat, April 1997".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, workplace relations act, automative industry, banking, information technology, steel, telecommunications

Selection of essays about current (1987) industrial change, impacts of advancing technology. Includes decline in manufacturing, redundancy, retraining, women in the workforce, public sector management, challenges posed by new-right forces and the role of unions.Relevant to the role of unions in technological change and management of change in the workforce. Industrial relations.Book.Front cover: editor's name and title. Title page: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers, Curtin University, April 1988".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, management of change, redundancy, technology, manufacturing, workforce - skills, women, politics - new right, trade unions

Several authors explore practical alternatives to the Australian industrial arbitration system. Based on papers commissioned by the Hancock Committee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock_ReportBook.Front cover: author's name and title. Title page: in blue ink, "D.J. Spiers, Ballaarat CAE, November 1986".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, hancock report, industrial relations, industrial relations - arbitration, industrial relations - industrial action, wages, economics

A selection of articles by various authors. Labour economics for Australian students - international and Australian context. Covers unemployment, inflation, labour market policy, deregulation, and the future of the Accord. (Note: published in 1992. The book precedes the Howard coalition government, GST, WorkChoices, Fair Work Act, etc.)Informative analysis about past industrial relations and economic practices/policy in Australia. (Published 1993)Book; paper.Front cover: editor's name and title. Title page: in blue ink, "DJ Spiers, Ballaarat University, May 1983".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, economics - labour, industrial relations - australia, wages, unions

Labour economics and industrial relations with a US-UK focus.Relevant to trade unionism in the US and UK.Book; paper.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, trade unions, economics, labour market

Companion work to supplement Microeconomics section of the third Australian edition of Economics by Waud, Maxwell, Hocking, Bonnici and Ward. For students of economics - study guide and work book. Historical reference (1997).Book; paper.Front cover: authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, economics

Published semi-annually, contains refereed, scholarly articles about social and labour history in Australasia, - labour politics, trade unions, management labour practices, co-operatives, gender and ethnicity. This edition includes these articles: -Labourism: a Political Genealogy -Class, Populism and Labour Politics in Victoria, 1890-1914 -Keynesianism, Socialism and Labourism and the Role of Ideas in Labour Ideology -A Century of Laborism and the State, 1891-1993: An Historical Interpretation -We are of Age: Class, Locality and Region at Port Kembla, 1900-1940 -Researching Industrial Relations History: The Development of a Databas on Australian Trade Unions 1825-1900 -Loyalty and Communists: an interview with Bill Gollan -International Women's Day in Newcastle in the Fifties and Sixties: A Personal Account -Forthcoming: A Bibliography of Australian Communism -Postcard from California: the Hoover Institute -The ACTU Congress of 1993 -Australian Canadian Labour History Conference -The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History -The Classing Gaze: Sexuality, Class and Surveillance -Book reviews -Newcastle's Special Day; Australians in Spain Memorial UnveilingLabour and class politics; direct relevance to industrial relations; social issues in general that fall within the purview of the union movement.Book; paper.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour, labourism, politics - class, industrial relations, economics, politics - communism, women's rights, book reviews, conference reports

Published semi-annually, contains refereed, scholarly articles about social and labour history in Australasia, - labour politics, trade unions, management labour practices, co-operatives, gender and ethnicity. This edition includes these articles: -Deskilling Revisited: Continuity and Change in Craft Work and Apprenticeship in Late 19th Century NSW -'Depravity and Disorder': the Sexuality of Convict Women -'That Old Treasure-House of Constructive Suggestion': Australian Labor Ideology and War Organisation of Industry -'Four More Points than Moses': Dr. H.V. Evatt and the Press and the 1944 Referendum -Chifley, the Army and the 1949 Coal Strike Labour and class politics; direct relevance to industrial relations; social issues in general that fall within the purview of the union movement.Book; paper.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour, labourism, politics - class, industrial relations, economics, politics - communism, women's rights, book reviews, conference reports

The author seeks to broaden the reader's understanding of unions. Section titles: -Historical and Theoretical Context -Organisation and Practice -Issues and Policy -Future Context and Perspective Significant to understanding the role and history of trade unions in Australia and workplace relations. Therefore directly relevant to the modus operandi of Ballarat Trades Hall.Book; paper.Both copies - Cover: editors' names and title. 2nd edition - Title page: in blue ink, "D.J. Spiers, Ballaarat CAE, July 1989".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, trade unions, industrial relations

Review of Australian industrial relations (1983) at the request of Hon Ralph Willis. In particular a review of the Conciliation and Arbitration of Act and Regulations. Includes historical perspectives.Book; paper.Front cover: title. Title page: in black biro, "D.J. Spiers, Curtin University, February 1988".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, trade unions, industrial relations, willis ralph

About teacher unions in Australia: policy; industrial relations; politics. Industrial relations - historical value. Significant to understanding the role and history of trade unions in Australia and workplace relations. Therefore directly relevant to the modus operandi of Ballarat Trades Hall.Book; paper.Front cover: authors' names and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, trade unions - education, australian education union - aeu, industrial relations

Written in 1975 - various authors. Section titles: - The context of wages and salaries. - Job context and measurement. - Establishing the rate for the job. - Salary systems. - Wage systems. - Employee benefits. - Administering policy and planning. Relevance to workplace conditions and structures and how these work. Central to the modus operandi of Trades Hall and all unions.Book; paper.Front cover: author's name and title. Inside: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers, Curtin University, May 1988".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, employment conditions

Biography of HV Evatt who was a justice of the high court from 1930 to 1940, an ALP politician from 1940 to 1960, served in the Curtin and Chifley cabinets and was Chief Justice of New South Wales from 1960 to 1962. He fought against the anti-Communist legislation that was attempted by conservative parties. Part of "Famous Australians" series.Biographical and historical politics interest - labor movement.Book; paper.Front cover (dustjacket): author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, evatt hv, biography, australian labor party, alp, politicians, law - australia

Structure of Australian politics and parliamentary process and associated issues. Chapter titles: Introduction: Using this book and finding other resources on Australian politics / Rodney Smith 1. The nature of politics / Helen Pringle 2. Power / Rodney Smith 3. Democratic theory and practice / Michael Jackson 4. Public policy-making / Martin Laffin 5. Australian political thought / Ian Cook 6. The Constitution / Elaine Thompson 7. Parliament / Marcus Haward 8. Cabinet / Barbara Page 9. The public service / Elaine Thompson 10. The party system / Rodney Smith 11. Elections / Martin Painter 12. Federalism / Martin Painter 13. State politics / Helen Nelson 14. The structures of inequality / Michael Hogan 15. Gender and patriarchy / Vanessa Farrer 16. Interest groups / Trevor Matthews 17. Business and politics / John Ravenhill 18. Trade unions / Marian Simms 19. The news media / Rodney Smith 20. The Australian voters / Ernie ChaplesRelevant to democracy, politics and the trade union movement in Australia.Book; paper.Cover: editor's name and title. Cover page: in blue ink, "David Cadby". (Includes postal address and telephone number.)btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, trade unions

Interviews with farmers, landowners, firefighters and city dwellers about their experiences during bushfires.Social/community wellbeing and safety.Book; paper.Cover: author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, bushfires - australia, public safety

Chapter titles: Chapter 1: Labor Economics Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2: The Theory of Individual Labor Supply -- Chapter 3: Population, Participation Rates, and Hours of Work -- Chapter 4: Labor Quality: Investing in Human Capital -- Chapter 5: The Demand for Labor -- Chapter 6: Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labor -- Chapter 7: Alternative Pay Schemes and Labor Efficiency -- Chapter 8: The Wage Structure -- Chapter 9: Mobility, Migration, and Efficiency -- Chapter 10: Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining -- Chapter 11: The Economic Impact of Unions -- Chapter 12: Government and the Labor Market: Employment, Expenditures, and Taxation -- Chapter 13: Government and the Labor Market: Legislation and Regulation -- Chapter 14: Labor Market Discrimination -- Chapter 15: Job Search: External and Internal -- Chapter 16: The Distribution of Personal Earnings -- Chapter 17: Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Employment -- Chapter 18: Employment and Unemployment.Relevance to union business.Book; paper.Front cover: authors' names and titles.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, economics - labor, unions, collective bargaining, wealth distribution, employment

Chapter headings: 1. Labor-force participation 2. Hours of work and the supply of effort 3. The supply of skill: investment in human capital 4. Marginal productivity theory in competitive markets 5. The demand for labor: some extensions 6. Job search, mobility, and migration 7. Unemployment and unfilled vacancies 8. Union goals 9. The bargaining process 10. The effect of collective bargaining on relative earnings 11. Occupational wage differentials 12. Wage differentials by race and sex 13. The distribution of earnings by size 14. Fringe benefits 15. Labor's share in national income 16. The general level of money wagesIndustrial relations and labor economics.Book; paper.Front cover: author's name and title. Title page: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, labor economics, wages, industrial relations, wealth distribution, collective bargaining, unions

Introduction to trade unions in the Western world, with a focus upon the British experience. Chapter titles: 1. Introduction 2. Trade union growth and development 3. White collar and non-manual trade unionism 4. Internal democracy 5. The challenge from the shop floor 6. Collective bargaining and economic objectives 7. Trade unions: conflict or compromise 8. Trade unions and governments: new directions? 9. Conclusions: trade unions as mature organisationsRelevant to trade unionism in Western countries.Book; paper.Front cover: Author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, trade unions, economics, governments

Industrial relations skills for practitioners - advocacy, negotiation and award drafting.Relevance to workplace relations processes.Book; paper.Front cover: Author's name and title. Title page: in blue ink, "D.J. Spiers, Curtin University, July 1988"btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, trade unions, industrial relations, mediation and conciliation, grievance procedures

Australian Industrial Relations series. Chapter headings: 1. Australian labour history 2. Convicts and free labour 1788-1850 3. A working man's paradise? Labour 1850-91 4. Labour and politics 1891-1957 5. Labour and the state: Compulsory arbitration and wages boards 1890-1914 6. Labour and capital: The labour process in Australia before 1972 7. Gender and work: Feminist labour historiography and equal pay in Australia 8. Race, ethnicity and work: Australia 1788-1972Significant to labour relations and unions in Australia.Book; paper.Front cover: Author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour

Various authors. Reading about workplace reform in Australian employment relations. Section headings: - The reform agenda - Case studies at the industry and regional level - Case studies at the enterprise level - Issues and impacts - Negotiating workplace reformRelevance to workplace relations and the operations of trade unions and employers.Book; paper.Front cover: editors' names and title. Cover page: in blue ink, "D.J. Spiers, University of Ballaarat, September 1995".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, workplace relations, trade unions, enterprise bargaining

Industrial relations - Australia. Various authors. Section titles: Part I Approaches to Industrial Relations Part II Dimensions of Industrial Relations Part III Parties and Processes in Industrial Relations Part IV Forces for Change and Innovation Part V Industrial Relations Reform Workplace relations and union activity within Australia.Book; paper.Front cover: editors' names and title. Title page: in black biro, "D.J. Spiers, Curtin University, February 1988"btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, unions

Various chapter authors. Section titles: -The Compulsory Arbitration System -The Employers -Unions -New Production Systems -Workplace Industrial Relations: Occupational Health and Safety -Industrial Democracy Relevance to workplace conditions and structures and how these work. Central to the modus operandi of Trades Hall and all unions.Paper; book.Front cover: editors' names and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations - arbitration, employment, occupational health and safety

Perspectives on new workplace relations legislation (as at 1997) by various stakeholders - practitioners, politicians, tribunal members and academics. Papers from conference at the Centre for Research on Employment and Work (CREW)Enterprise bargaining, workplace dismissals and the role of trade unions.Book; paper.Front cover: authors' names and title. Title page: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers, University of Ballaarat, August 1997".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, enterprise bargaining, industrial relations, centre for research on employment and work (crew), dismissal

Employment law (as at 1994).Employment law. Staff, employers and unions. (As at 1994.)Book; paper.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, employment - contracts, occupational health and safety, oh&s, industrial action

History of Aboriginal workplace issues in Australia.Indigenous/Aboriginal workplace conditions.Book; paper.Front cover: authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, indigenous issues - aboriginal, work