Labour has for a long time been an important concept in economic geography, but more
often as a cost that influences investment decisions than as a social force in its own right …

Proposals for union revitalisation suggest the importance of unions reaching out to the
community and the formation of union-community coalitions. Yet, how this process of …

While changes in work and employment practices in the mining sector have been profound,
the literature addressing mining work is somewhat partial as it focuses primarily on the …

Within capitalism, as Paul Thompson made clear in The Nature of Work (1989: 40–1), the
labour process becomes specifically capitalist when it is combined with valorization, which …

In recent years the ore-rich region known as the Pilbara, in north-western Australia, has
been the site of intense struggles over the regulation of labour. Two of the world's biggest …

Union renewal and coalition unionism are widely considered necessary; however, the
reasons why a union might participate in a coalition is undertheorized. This article considers …

Purpose–Union‐community collaboration is an increasingly common practice in
industrialised nations where union power and density have declined. This paper proposes a …

In this article, we argue for a deeper and more theoretically informed engagement between
the fields of industrial relations and geography. We lay out a number of concepts developed …

Since the publication of Fagan and Webber's Global Restructuring in 1994, Australia has
experienced one of the most significant commodities-led economic booms in its history …

Public sector employment relations are increasingly difficult for public sector unions. This
paper uses the concept of community unionism to explore how and when relationships …