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Industrial conflict in paradise: Making the Bougainville copper project construction agreement 1970

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  • Michael Hess

    (UNSW, Australia)

  • Ewan Maidment

    (The Australian National University, Australia)

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In 1969, construction began on Conzinc Riotinto Australia’s huge copper and gold mine at Panguna on the island of Bougainville in what was then the Australian-administered Territory of Papua New Guinea. The mining project was unlike any Australians had previously undertaken, and its construction created complexities which Australian managers and industrial relations systems had not previously encountered. The complexity of employment relations on this project was increased by the political environment of colonial rule and the responses of Australian workers and unions. This article looks at the development of the first industrial agreement during the mine’s construction phase and places it in the context of the creation of a sustainable bargaining structure, which succeeded in mitigating industrial conflict for two decades before the outbreak of a wider armed conflict.

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  • Michael Hess & Ewan Maidment, 2014. "Industrial conflict in paradise: Making the Bougainville copper project construction agreement 1970," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 25(2), pages 271-289, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecolab:v:25:y:2014:i:2:p:271-289
    DOI: 10.1177/1035304614533625
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      Industrial relations; labour relations; trade unions;
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      JEL classification:

      • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
      • J52 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation

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