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Research Activities

2009

  • 19 June 2009: Seminar - Emeritus Professor Ed Davis, Macquarie University, ‘2009 ACTU Congress: Don’t Mention the Accord!’.
  • 24 July 2009: Seminar, Emeritus Professor David Brody, UC Berkeley, 'American Labor Law as a Model for Australia? Or, Can You Get Here From There?'
  • 28 August: Joint-seminar with Unions NSW as post-IIRA event to facilitate exchanges between local union officials and academic researchers and international scholars.
  • 12 October: Seminar - Professor Mark Stuart, Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change, Leeds Business School, ‘Supply Side Industrial Relations and The Trade Union Learning Agenda in Britain’.
  • 27 October: Joint-workshop with Catalyst and Professor Ewing: by invitation only, this event attracted a dozen leading national union officials to discuss the early impact of the Fair Work Act on collective bargaining.
  • 18 November: Workshop - ‘Women, the Global Financial Crisis and Paths to Recovery’, co-hosted with The Women & Work Research Group, the NSW Office for Women’s Policy and the NSW Premier’s Council for Women.

2008

  • January 2008: Research program with Dr Tony Dundon, Visiting Fellow from National University of Ireland. Tony’s project is entitled ‘Bargaining for Skills: Trade Union Organising for Workplace Vocational Education and Training’.
  • June 2008: Reports for Unions NSW and NSW Nurses on the Your Rights at Work campaign.
  • 24 June 2008: Symposium co-sponsor with Unions NSW: ‘An Industrial Relations System for the 21st Century