3.1   Trade Unions - Structure, Growth and Development
3.2   Trade Unions - Activities and Attitudes
3.3   Trade Unions - Theory
3.4   Federation of Labour Conferences
3.5   Employers' Perspectives

25. Anderson, Gordon & Walsh, Pat
Labour's New Deal: A Bargaining Framework for a New Century?, (1993) 18(2): 163-176.
Favourably reviews Labour's proposed employment law reforms but critiques its position on the fundamental status of unions.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]


26. Crawford, Aaron; Harbridge, Raymond; Hince, Kevin
Unions and Union Membership in New Zealand: Annual Review for 1995, (1996) 21(2): 188-193.
Presents data on New Zealand unions for 1995, reporting on various trends emerging during that year.


27. Crawford, Aaron; Harbridge, Raymond; Hince, Kevin
Union and Union Membership in New Zealand: Annual Review for 1996, (1997) 22(2): 209-216.
Presents 1996 data on New Zealand unions, noting a continuing decline in overall union membership.


28. Cregan, Christina; Rudd, Chris; Johnston, Stewart
Restoring Democracy to the Workplace? An Analysis of Union Membership Patterns Before and After the Employment Contracts Act, (1995) 20(1): 57-75.
Investigates the impact of the Employment Contracts Act on trade union membership, noting minimal change and discussing possible reasons for this.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


29. Grills, Walter
The Impact of the Employment Contracts Act on Labour Law: Implications for Unions, (1994) 19(1): 85-101.
Argues that the primary impact of the Employment Contracts Act is the abolition of the legal status accorded to the trade union movement for the previous 97 years.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


30. Harbridge, Raymond & Hince, Kevin
Unions and Union Membership in New Zealand 1985-1992, (1993) 18(3): 352-361.
Presents data on the changing composition of New Zealand unions from 1985 to 1992.


31. Harbridge, Raymond; Hince, Kevin; Honeybone, Anthony
Unions and Union Membership in New Zealand: Annual Review for 1993, (1994) 19(2): 175-180.
Presents 1993 data on New Zealand unions, noting an increase in small unions but a decrease in average union size.


32. Harbridge Raymond; Hince, Kevin; Honeybone, Anthony
Unions and Union Membership in New Zealand: Annual Review for 1994, (1995) 20(2): 163-170.
New Zealand union statistics from 1994 are presented, with the continuing trend towards an increase in small unions and a decrease in average union size being observed.


33. Michelson, Grant
The Backgrounds and Careers of South Island Union Officials, (1993) 18(2): 250-259.
An assessment of full-time trade union officials, documenting personal characteristics, motivations for becoming involved in unionism and union work histories.
Related section: [ 3.2 ]


[See also articles numbered: 34, 35, 72, 89, 104, 105]

34. Iverson, Roderick D. & Ballard, Matt
An Examination of the Factor Structure of Union Commitment in New Zealand, (1996) 21(3): 215-232.
Examines the stability of the dimensionality of union commitment in the New Zealand cultural context.
Related section: [ 3.1 ]


35. Michelson, Grant
The Job of the Full-Time Trade Union Official, (1995) 20(3): 313-322.
Looks at the work activities and patterns of 91 full-time union officials located at different levels in the paid trade union structure. The findings are discussed in terms of New Zealand's legislative climate.
Related section: [ 3.1 ]


[See also articles numbered: 33, 72, 85, 89, 104, 105, 107]

36. Roper, Brian S.
Leading from the Rear? A Theoretical Analysis of the Contingent Bureaucratic Conservatism of the NZCTU Leadership, (1996) 21(3): 257-275.
Outlines the theory of contingent bureaucratic conservatism and argues that a qualified version of it is essential to making sense of the NZCTU leadership's role in industrial relations.


[See also articles numbered: 86, 104]

[No articles in Index B fall within this category]

37. New Zealand Employers Federation
Forward to the Past: the Labour Opposition's Industrial Relations Policy, (1993) 18(2): 205-213.
An employer perspective which views Labour's outlined proposals for reform as a regressive step for New Zealand industrial relations.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]

B. Index

B.4. Employment Conditions