- 1972 First Edition, 264 pages incl. notes and index
- Publisher: A.H. & A.W. Reed, NZ
- Hard cover, orange boards with dust jacket
- Condition; Very good, Minor shelf wear, fading. Owner nae on ffep
In 1950 the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union was one of the most powerful and successful unions in the country. Adopting a more militant attitude to labour relations than that chosen by the Federation of Labour of the time, it withdrew and formed the Trade Union Congress, bringing many other unions with it. The union's challenge to the National government of the day over pay claims and the principle of direct negotiations with employees resulted in a bitter confrontation between a determined union and an even more determined Government.
The dispute lasted 151 days and through increasing hardship, the sheer weight of numbers and politcal power of their opponents forced them to capitulate.
Dr. Bassett's study is a serious, scholarly and absorbing treatise on the use and misuse of power in a young democracy.
Includes photographs.
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