The Cost of Living
Union politics and economic crisis in New Zealand, 1975–87
$38.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
28 September 2026
Summary
How did organised labour, once a major force in national life, lose its position of strength and influence?
The Cost of Living: Union politics and economic crisis in New Zealand, 1975–87 is an authoritative account of the rise and fall of New Zealand’s largest union body, the Federation of Labour (FOL), during perhaps the most turbulent era in our modern history.
Opening with a charged televised confrontation between FOL President Tom Skinner and National Party leader…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781991348258 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1991348258 |
| Author: | Ross Webb |
| Publisher: | Otago University Press |
| Imprint: | Otago University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 28 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 150mm x 230mm |
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Ross Webb
Ross Webb is an historian based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in history from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and is a co-author of Te Hau Kāinga: The Māori home front during the Second World War (Auckland University Press, 2024).
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