Excerpt from Trade Unionism in Australia The group of papers embodied in this report does not claim to present a complete account of Trade Unionism In Australia. They were written by men of great experience in the world Of economics and industry, but differing widely in training, and writing without auv attempt at collusion or conference prior to the actual reading of the papers. It is remarkable, therefore, how clearly can be traced, through most of the papers, certain leading ideas which give them some claim to incorporation in one book under a comprehensive title. T 0 bring this fact into high relief, we place below a series of extracts exhibiting this central idea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.