A Country without Strikes: A Visit to the Compulsory Arbitration Court of New Zealand

Henry Demarest Lloyd, Introduction by William Pember Reeves

ISBN 10: 1108039472 / ISBN 13: 9781108039475

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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1st edition. 202 pages. 8.40x5.40x0.60 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Country without Strikes: A Visit to the Compulsory Arbitration Court of New Zealand
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108039472
• ISBN 13: 9781108039475
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.26 kilograms

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Synopsis

Henry Demarest Lloyd (1847–1903), writer and social reformer, rose to prominence as one of America's first muckraker journalists. Born in New York City, Lloyd started his journalism career at the Chicago Tribune and went on to expose the abuse of power in American oil companies. He also pursued a career in politics. In 1899 he travelled to New Zealand and Australia, the 'political laboratories' of Great Britain, to investigate how they resolved the conflict between organised capital and organised labour, and how they promoted social welfare. This book, published in 1900, praises New Zealand's system of compulsory arbitration and describes many instances of successful dispute resolution, from clothing manufacture to newspaper typesetting. The book includes an introduction by William Pember Reeves (1857–1932), liberal newspaper editor and writer, who as New Zealand's minister of labour had brought in the Arbitration Act of 1894 and other important labour legislation.

Book Description

In this 1900 publication, the American journalist and social reformer Henry Demarest Lloyd (1847-1903) analyses labour legislation enacted in New Zealand in the 1890s and its positive effects in resolving labour disputes by arbitration. The introduction is by the New Zealand politician responsible for the Arbitration Act of 1894.