Workers' Capital

Industry funds and the fight for universal superannuation in Australia

Bernard Mees, Cathy Brigden (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

306 Seiten

2017
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-76029-552-3 (ISBN)

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Superannuation was once a privilege granted only to company head office staff and career public servants. Now in Australia nearly all workers have access to employer-contributed superannuation, and it is a fundamental pillar of Australia's retirement income system.Workers' Capital tells the story of the Australian superannuation revolution led by trade unions in the 1980s. After a series of hard-fought industrial campaigns, an enormous financial industry was created, involving hundreds of thousands of employers and covering millions of fund members. From having one of the worst retirement savings systems in the developed world, in three decades Australia had one of the best. Now the funds held in Australian superannuation accounts exceed the entire market capitalisation of all the companies on the Australian Stock Exchange.Drawing on interviews with the key players and extensive archival research, Workers' Capital is the first systematic history of the unique Australian system of industry superannuation.'Startling and informative-I thought I knew a lot about the industry superannuation phenomenon, but this one took me by surprise. For a topic so important, a real page-turner.'
Gerard Noonan, Chair of Media Super, former editor of Australian Financial Review

Dr Bernard Mees is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management and the Centre for People, Organisations and Work (CPOW) at RMIT University, and a former financial services and employee benefits professional. Cathy Brigden is an Associate Professor in the School of Management and CPOW at RMIT University, and is an industrial relations academic and labour historian.

Foreword Introduction 1. A lop-sided welfarism2. Early stirrings3. The push for universal superannuation4. Campaigning for award super5. Legislating universal super6. The industry funds movement7. The new mutuals8. Modern times9. Looking backwards and forwardsConclusion Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
ISBN-10	1-76029-552-3 / 1760295523
ISBN-13	978-1-76029-552-3 / 9781760295523
Zustand	Neuware