Why are unions so unhappy? An economic explanation of the Change the Rules campaign
- Written by Shirley Jackson, PhD Candidate in Economic Sociology, University of Melbourne
In October hundreds of thousands of workers took to the streets to campaign for better wages and conditions as part of the Australian Council of Trade Unions’ Change The Rules campaign.
The response from critics of the movement, including the Commonwealth government, has been to decry the temporary loss of economic output and to blame the...
