The Future Of Family And Work.
Most workplaces have not kept pace with rapid change in family life. Many workers are caught in a spiral of longer hours, growing job insecurity, work stress and family conflict.
'The War Over Work' is an account of work patterns and the labour market in Australia. As Edgar sees it, the future workplace is a battleground, and the re-election of the Howard Government makes this even more contested. Old struggles between corporate need and private greed, unions and employers, men and women, old and young continue.
Edgar argues that we cannot continue to focus narrowly on the 'work-family balance' as though it can be achieved through simple, piecemeal programs within individual Australian workplaces. A broader program of reform, one that has creativity and innovation at its heart, are the keys to change.
