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IALHI NewsThe 8 Hour Day in AustraliaAs part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the 8 hour day in Melbourne, Australia in 2006, two conferences, run on consecutive days, will be held to explore both historical and contemporary dimensions of working time issues. Below is the call for papers for each conference.
Proposals, with abstracts of 250 words are due by 31 January 2006 and full papers (5,000 word maximum) by 20 May 2006. They can be sent to Peter Love at either or Further information about the conference will be posted on the Labour History website at www.asslh.com/ and the Australian Centre site at www.australian.unimelb.edu.au/ New Standards for the New Times? The 8-Hour Day and Beyond 22-23 June 2006 As part of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of the historic achievement by stonemasons in Melbourne of an Eight-Hour Day, a conference on contemporary working-time issues will be held on 22-23 June 2006 in Melbourne. The conference is organised by the Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University, with support from the Victorian government. Initial Call for Papers The 'New Standards' conference offers an excellent opportunity to examine the broad range of working-time issues confronting workers in Australia at the start of the 21st century. Contemporary problems continue to include long hours for full-time employees, often in the form of unpaid overtime. But they also include issues such as poor schedules, unpredictable variations in hours, lack of control over hours, under-employment and casualisation. In today's language, many citizens are concerned about work and life (or work and family) imbalances. What is causing these problems? How extensive are they? How do we overcome them? The focus of the conference is on scholarly analysis. But it will also reach out to a discussion of possible paths forward, drawing on the lessons of history and examples from other advanced capitalist societies. Thus academic papers will be supplemented by panel discussions that tease out the dilemmas of different forms of working-time regulation (including what is sometimes called 'working-time deregulation'). We invite suggestions for papers on all aspects of this important topic. In particular, we encourage papers that look at:
Full papers are due by 20 May 2006. Further information can be obtained from the RMIT organisers: Iain Campbell ( ) and Cathy Brigden (). Dr Cathy Brigden Senior Lecturer, School of Management RMIT University Melbourne 3000 Australia Tel: 61 3 9925 5915 Fax: 61 3 9925 5960 Email: |
