Since the pilots’ dispute ended in 1989, globalisation has fundamentally altered the environment in which pilots establish their terms of employment. This paper argues that pilot labour relations have been affected by globalisation in three ways. First, the Australian airline industry was deregulated in 1990. Second, the introduction of the Workplace Relations Act (1996) deregulated the Austral...

Globalisation and labour relations: The case of Asian ports

This paper critically analyses the background and impacts of the promulgation of three new labour laws in China in 2008. Drawing on qualitative data collected from interviews with various actors, the paper illustrates how the enactment of these laws has led to the emergence of new actors in the labour market and employment relations. Whilst not all these actors are new, or equally influential, ...