The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 372
... union to re- sist unfair practices and to secure decent conditions for these migratory workers . He accepted the call . The union , which soon became the most powerful and typical of Australian unions , opened its books at 30 Armstrong ...
... union to re- sist unfair practices and to secure decent conditions for these migratory workers . He accepted the call . The union , which soon became the most powerful and typical of Australian unions , opened its books at 30 Armstrong ...
Page 393
... union , issued a new shearing agreement , reducing the piece rate to 175. per hundred for machine - shorn sheep and making the employer sole interpreter of the agreement . The union leaders were helpless , but sought to save their faces ...
... union , issued a new shearing agreement , reducing the piece rate to 175. per hundred for machine - shorn sheep and making the employer sole interpreter of the agreement . The union leaders were helpless , but sought to save their faces ...
Page 431
... union of any of the colonies which should agree on the terms of union.1 But no second report ever appeared . Even the stout- hearted Gavan Duffy had been discouraged at last by the lukewarm- ness of his colleagues . The failure of every ...
... union of any of the colonies which should agree on the terms of union.1 But no second report ever appeared . Even the stout- hearted Gavan Duffy had been discouraged at last by the lukewarm- ness of his colleagues . The failure of every ...
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