"They can't take a trade off you" - varying perceptions of job security over 50 years at the Midland Government Railway Workshops

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"They can't take a trade off you" - varying perceptions of job security over 50 years at the Midland Government Railway Workshops

The Government Railway Workshops at Midland closed in 1994, after a 90-year history as Western Australia's largest industrial factory. Long before the closure, however, the Workshops had ceased to be a place of permanent, lifetime employment for many of the apprentices who trained there. Over...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Oliver, Bobbie
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	Australian Society for the Study of Labour History 2007
Subjects:	social identity job security Australia wage labour
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41789

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