This paper analyzes the historical interaction of immigration, racism and labor markets in Australia. In particular, it seeks to explain how a trade union movement which played a significant part in the exclusion of Asian immigrants gradually came to renounce racist sentiments and accept large...

This paper looks at the role and influence of contingent employment among short-haul truckers, an occupational group that has been little studied to date. A 2003 survey of Australian short-haul drivers examined the predictors of health and safety outcomes for all drivers and provided comparative...