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Holding the balance : a history of New Zealand's Department of Labour, 1891-1995 / John E. Martin.
- Title
- Holding the balance : a history of New Zealand's Department of Labour, 1891-1995 / John E. Martin.
- Author
- Martin, John E.
- Publication
- Christchurch, NZ : Canterbury University Press, 1996.
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- Description
- 478 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This comprehensive history of New Zealand's Department of Labour begins with the early years under the socialism Edward Tregear, when it was among the world's pioneers of such institutions. The book examines government policy in depth in the crucial areas of employment, industrial relations, immigration and workplace conditions through the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and up to the present day. Contents: 1. Combating the eviles of the "Old World": the 1890s 2. Partisanship to neutrality, 1900-13 3. From wartime to difficult times, 1914-28 4. From Depression to war, 1929-45 5. Revival and modernisation, 1946-67 6. Uncertain directions, 1968-84 7. New directions.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-460) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Combating the evils of the 'Old World' : the 1890s -- Partisanship to neutrality, 1900-13 -- From wartime to difficult times, 1914-28 -- From Depression to War, 1929-45 -- Revival & modernisation, 1946-67 -- Uncertain deirections, 1968-84 -- New directions -- Appendices (Chronology ; Ministers of Labour & associated portfolios ; Secretaries of Labour ; Organisational charts, 1907-92 -- Department of Labour staff numbers, 1892-1995 ; Department of Labour staff numbers, 1969-95 ; Factory registration, inspection & industrial accidents, 1892-1989 ; Numbers unemployed 1892-1995 ; Industrial disputes & trade unitions 1900-95 ; Assisted immigraiton & net migration, 1870-1995)
- Ch. 1. Combating the eviles of the "Old World": the 1890s. Origins of the Department of Labour. Dealing with unemployment. The state farm -- a political albatross. Founding legislation -- Ch. 2. Partisanship to neutrality, 1900-13. Growth of the department. Arbitration under attack. Workers' dwellings. The department's changing role. Political eclipse and industrial turmoil -- Ch. 3. From wartime to difficult times, 1914-28. Wartime and organisational changes. The housing branch. Apprenticeship. The department in the 1920s. Occupational safety and health and wider welfare issues. Industrial instability and the national interest -- Ch. 4. From Depression to war, 1929-45. The depression of the 1930s. The first Labour Government: onward and upward. The Second World War.
- Ch. 5. Revival and modernisation, 1946-67. The National Employment Service and amalgamation. Improved safety, health and welfare. Full employment. Immigration: assistance and retriction. Industrial relations: from confrontation to stability. The department in the 1960s -- Ch. 6. Uncertain directions, 1968-84. From "nil" wage orders to wage freezes. Rising unemployment. Immigration in a changing world. Safety, health and welfare. The department and women. Departmental organisation -- Ch. 7. New directions. shifting ground. The review of 1988 and recent developments -- Appendices.
- ISBN
- 0908812620 (cased)
- 0908812612
- LCCN
- ^^^97131758^
- OCLC
- 37608378
- SCSB-11109888
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library