- Title
- The Queensland Unemployed Workers Bill of 1919
- Creator
- Quirk, Victor
- Relation
- Labour Underutilisation, Unemployment and Underemployment incorporating the 11th Path to Full Employment Conference and 16th National Conference on Unemployment. Labour Underutilisation, Unemployment and Underemployment incorporating the 11th Path to Full Employment Conference and 16th National Conference on Unemployment: Proceeedings Refereed Papers (Newcastle, N.S.W. 3-4 December, 2009) p. 259-276
- Relation
- http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee
- Publisher
- Centre of Full Employment and Equity, University of Newcastle
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- This paper discusses the political resistance mounted in opposition to the Queensland Unemployed Workers Bill of 1919, a 'Right to Work' measure intended to establish full employment. This episode reveals the emergence of a strategy for preserving unemployment despite the enfranchisement of working people.
- Subject
- Unemployed Workers Bill (1919); Queensland; full employment; unemployment; political resistance
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/920008
- Identifier
- uon:9046
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780980603460
- Language
- eng
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