The Growth and Unionization of White- collar Workers in Australia: Some Recent Trends

1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Lansbury
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Clerical Workers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Industrial Action ◽  
The Future ◽  
White Collar Workers ◽  
Recent Trends

White collar workers have become an increasingly important element in the labour force during the past few years. The rapid expansion of the white collar sector has been accompanied by a trend toward greater unionization. A study of membership growth among eight major white collar unions in Australia, from 1970 to 1974, has revealed that women were a major con tributor to this development. There have also been significant changes in the activities of white collar unions including the use of direct industrial action and concern for issues beyond wages and conditions. Nevertheless, there are considerable variations between different white collar unions in this regard. This is partly due to the heterogeneity of the white collar sector which varies from highly-paid professionals to lower-paid clerical workers. The former have been the most militant and successful in pursuing their collective aims. It remains to be seen, however, whether their example is followed by other white collar workers in the future.

scholarly journals A Private Welfare Agency for White-Collar Workers Between the Wars

1986 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-39
Author(s):  
Gregory Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Welfare Provision ◽  
The World ◽  
White Collar Workers ◽  
High Level ◽  
Unemployment Problem ◽  
Voluntary Agencies

Despite the proliferation of studies concerned with the unemployment problem and the mechanics of welfare provision between the world wars, most historians have focused either on the difficulties facing manual workers or on the role of state services in the provision of benefits. This emphasis is not surprising given the persistence of a high level of manual unemployment in this period, which led in turn to an unprecedented demand for maintenance and a huge increase in public expenditure on unemployment relief. However, the emphasis upon manual workers has led to an unfortunate neglect of other sections of the labour-force, while the concern with the evolution of state services has diverted attention from the continuing importance of voluntary agencies in the field of welfare provision.

Recent Trends in the Business History of India

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-159
Author(s):  
Chinmay Tumbe
Keyword(s):  
Business History ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
History Books

The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in understanding Indian business history. A number of business history books have been published in the academic and nonacademic press. Special issues on India have appeared in leading field journals, more management schools in India and outside are engaging with the field, internship and fellowship opportunities have been initiated, and business archives have sprung up. This article documents these recent trends, examines the emerging scholarship, and identifies gaps that need to be addressed in the future.

scholarly journals Recent trends and climatic perspectives of hailstorms frequency and intensity in Tuscany and Central Italy

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Piani ◽  
A. Crisci ◽  
G. De Chiara ◽  
G. Maracchi ◽  
F. Meneguzzo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Waves ◽  
Climate Modeling ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Climate Scenario ◽  
Limited Area ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Statistical Relationships

Abstract. The damages from climatic extremes have dramatically increased in the last decades in Europe, as likely outcomes of climate change: floods, droughts, heat waves and hailstorms have brought local as well as widespread damages to farmers, industry, infrastructures and society, to insurance and reinsurance companies; in this work we deal with the hailstorm hazard. The NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis (2.5 by 2.5° lat-lon) over the Italian area and the hailstorm reports at several sites are used to identify few forcings for hailstorms; statistical relationships linking forcings and hailstorm frequencies are derived. Such relationships are applied to the same forcings derived from the CGCM2-A2 climate scenario provided by the Canadian Centre for Climate modeling and analysis (CCCma; resolution approximately 3.75 by 3.75° lat-lon), to evaluate the expected changes of the frequency of hailstorms. The time series of the forcings from the NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis and the CCCma climate scenario in the past decades are compared in order to assess the reliability and accuracy of the predictions of the future hailstorm hazard. It is shown that the climate scenario provides a fairly faithful representation of the past trends of the forcings relevant to the hailstorms frequency and that such quantity, hence the hailstorm hazard, is growing and will likely grow in the future over the limited area taken into consideration in this study.

scholarly journals The Impact of Ageing Population on Malaysian Economic Growth

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Mazlynda Md Yusuf ◽  
Sarina Mohamed ◽  
Mohamad Yazis Ali Basah
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Dependency Ratio ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

An ageing population is a worldwide phenomenon, as the results of improvement in mortality rates and drops in fertility rate over the past century. Previously, this trend was focused among the developed countries of Europe and North America but over the past 20 years, the ageing population has started to grow in the developing countries, especially countries of Southeast Asia such as Malaysia. Given changes in fertility and improving life expectancy, the figure is expected to increase significantly. According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, it is estimated that 6.5% of the total population is aged 65 and above in 2018 and this figure is expected to increase to 14.5% in 2040. With the current changes in the demographic trend, it is expected that there will be changes in the amount of savings and this could also lead to changes in the economic performances in the future. Thus, the main objective of this study is to examine the impact of the ageing population on economic growth in Malaysia by using annual data from the year 1985 to 2016. Total fertility rates, life expectancy, labour force participation rate and old-dependency ratio are variables that are used in the study. These data were analysed using Multiple Linear Regression Model and the results indicate that Malaysia is expected to experience the ageing population in the future and that it gives effect towards Malaysian's economic growth. Keywords: ageing population; economic growth; life expectancy; labour force participation; old-dependency ratio; fertility rates

World energy: Myths of the past and lessons of the future

2018 ◽  
pp. 49-75
Author(s):  
I. A. Bashmakov
Keyword(s):  
Energy Development ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Past ◽  
World Energy ◽  
The Future ◽  
Term Energy ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Effective Development

The analysis of recent trends in the world energy development and of long-term energy development projections helps dispel 10 myths that have been viewed as copybook maxims, yet now are a barrier to forming an adequate vision of the future and effective development strategies. Many of these myths are rooted in the inability to see how the ‘small on small scale’ becomes ‘big on big scale’ , and vice versa. Projection horizon to 2050 allows to see these metamorphoses, formulate the ‘lessons of the future’ for Russia’s economic development, and to show why Russia needs to change its economic model and switch to low-carbon development path.

scholarly journals Recent trends in extractive metallurgy

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Habashi
Keyword(s):  
Extractive Metallurgy ◽  
Future Trend ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Sulfide Concentrates

While pyrometallurgical processes are old technology and were the dominant and logical route used to treat sulfide concentrates they are now challenged by new hydrometallurgical processes. In these new processes there have been attempts in the past few years to avoid using autoclaves in the treatment of concentrates of zinc, copper, and nickel. The situation has been recently reversed and pressure hydrometallurgy is being applied in many operations. An outline of these processes is given and the future trend is discussed.

scholarly journals Coronavirus, Population and the Economy: A Long-Term Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 001946622096802
Author(s):  
Sarbajit Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Simple Structure ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
The Other ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Two Factors

This article attempts to construct an extremely rudimentary framework to argue that the long-term losses from the pandemic shock are likely to far exceed the short-term one. In the simple structure presented here, output depends on labour force, efficiency that is determined by past nutrition levels and capital accumulated from the past. The immediate effect of the pandemic is to lower the effective labour size, principally due to lockdowns to prevent or delay the spread of the pandemic. The other two factors cannot be affected. However, the decline in present output is likely to lower both the efficiency of labour and the future capital along with the labour supply in the future, thereby causing a greater impact on future output.

Management Science: The Legacy of the Past and Challenge of the Future

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wallace J. Hopp ◽  
David Simchi-Levi
Keyword(s):  
Management Science ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
65Th Anniversary ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Science Of Management

This paper uses the 65th anniversary of Management Science as an opportunity to examine how well the journal has performed against its primary goal to promote development and encourage application of a science of management. We also highlight recent trends that are impacting this mission and discuss how recent initiatives address these issues.

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