The article seeks to make a dual contribution. It adds to the work of those researchers who have attempted to carry the spatial dimension of industrial relations research beyond traditional systems theory. In so doing it urges the need for industrial relations analysts to become conversant with the wide body of scholarship that has contributed to the labour dimension of the spatial literature. The article also examines the relative importance that those charged with determining where investment is located, place on industrial relations issues and compares the major regions of New South Wales in this regard.
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