Privatisation, globalisation, and labour : studies from Australia / editors, Peter Fairbrother, Michael Paddon and Julian Teicher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-277) and index.

Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1 -- Corporatisation and Privatisation in Australia -- Peter Fairbrother, Michael Paddon and Julian Teicher -- CHAPTER 2 -- Entering the International Aviation Industry: -- Privatisation of QANTAS -- Rai Small -- CHAPTER 3 -- Interationalising Telecommunications: Telstra -- Ruth Barton -- CHAPTER 4 -- Preparing for the National Electricity Market: -- The New South Wales Electricity Industry -- Duncan MacDonald and Mark Bray -- CHAPTER 5 -- The Advent of Multi-national Ownership of the Victorian -- Electricity Generating Plants: Questions for Labour -- Peter Fairbrother and Jonathon Testi -- CHAPTER 6 -- Privatisation by Stealth: -- The Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria -- Ruth Barton -- CHAPTER 7 -- Where are the Jobs in the Job Network?: -- Competitive Tendering of Employment Services -- Patricia Ranald -- CHAPTER 8 -- Privatising Local Government: The Victorian Experience -- Julian Teicher and Beradine Van Gramberg -- CHAPTER 9 -- State Restructuring and Labour -- Peter Fairbrother and Michael Paddon.

What is the scope and scale of corporatisation and privatisation in Australia and what are their implications for management and labour as articulated through industrial relations? The authors explore the processes of change through a series of case studies on, inter alia, Qantas, Telstra, the electricity industries in NSW and Victoria.