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Cecilia M Shelley Western Australian Labour Activist 1893-1986
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Cecilia M Shelley Western Australian Labour Activist 1893-1986

L. Batterham
Papers in Labour History, (14)
1994
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Abstract

Western Australia, as a western nation, experienced a growth in industrialisation and service industries, albeit gradually, during the twentieth century. The consequent division of labour and deskilling of the workforce increased management control. This was tempered by the growth of union power. Union leadership, worker unity and the market economy governed the degree of success of worker demands. Until the late twentieth century union leadership rose from the ranks of the male union members...

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