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Work councils could be the future of Australian industrial democracy in an ABCC world

  • Written by Eugene Schofield-Georgeson, Lecturer, UTS Law School, University of Technology Sydney
imageThe ABCC’s reintroduction has little to do with reforming the building and construction industry.AAP/Dave Hunt

Work councils are one model of industrial relations that could potentially fill the enormous gap in Australian industrial democracy left by precarious employment and the decline of the union movement.

Canberra was once again the scene...

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