Origins of Worker Mobilisation

Name: Origins of Worker Mobilisation
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Origins of Worker MobilisationAustralia 1788-1850\nAuthor(s): Michael Quinlan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138084087, 978-1138084087\nSynopsis\nThis is a book on how and why workers come together. Almost coincident with its inception, worker organisation is a central and enduring element of capitalism. In the 19th and 20th centuries mobilisation by workers played a substantial role in reshaping critical elements of these societies in Europe, North America, Australasia and elsewhere including the introduction of minimum labour standards (living wage rates, maximum hours etc), workplace safety and compensation laws and the rise of welfare state more generally. \n\nNotwithstanding setbacks in recent decades, worker organisation represents a pivotal countervailing force to moderate the excesses of capitalism and is likely to become even more influential as the social consequences of rising global inequality b.