The State of the Unions
By Tom Morton (Producer)
Yesterday, all our members were so far away,
We could sign them up without their say,
Oh that was all in yesterday.
Suddenly, membership's not what it used to be,
With employers acting menacingly,
Oh who'd have thought this yesterday?
Unions on the long road out of the industrial wilderness.
Tom Morton talks with Greg Combet, Louise Tarrant, Bill Kelty, Doug Cameron, Dean Mighell, Paul Keating, Bob Hawke amongst others in this overview of why union membership declined so much in the years since the signing of the Accord, and what unions are doing about it today.
Bert Evans and Hawke about why the Accord was seen as necessary (and as successful in the first years of the Hawke government) and to Paul Keating about the economic troubles of the mid 1980s and to Peter McLaughlin from the Business Council about why they went on the offensive in the later part of the 1980s, despite the Accord still restraining wages.
Background Briefing first broadcast 2 March 2003); ABC Radio National
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