Labour commodification in the employment heartland: Union responses to teachers' temporary work

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Labour commodification in the employment heartland: Union responses to teachers' temporary work

This article analyses the commodification of professional labour and union responses to these processes within the employment heartland. It explores the category of fixed-contract or ‘temporary’ employment using Australian public school teaching as the empirical lens. Established to address intensif...

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Main Authors:	McGrath-Champ, Susan, Fitzgerald, Scott, Gavin, Mihalja, Stacey, Meghan, Wilson, Rachel
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	SAGE 2021
Subjects:	3505 - Human resources and industrial relations 4410 - Sociology Australia Commodification Decommodification Devolution School Teacher Temporary Union Recommodification Public Education
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86527

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