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In Australia by 1890, the rate of union membership in the workforce had become the highest in the world. Was this because pay and conditions in Austr… - John Hirst
" "In Australia by 1890, the rate of union membership in the workforce had become the highest in the world. Was this because pay and conditions in Australia were the worst? No; it was because they were the best. Workers who lived in a society that had already yielded so much to them were confident that it could yield much more.
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John Bradley Hirst FASSA (9 July 1942 – 3 February 2016) was an Australian historian, academic and commentator.
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