Recent Developments in Industrial Relations in Papua-New Guinea

T.P.N.G., Decision No. 2 of 1967: Local Officers' Case, by L. G. Matthews, includes a comprehensive description of the case, and the decision.

John Langmore , "Wage Determination in Papua and New Guinea", The Industrial Review, 8, 1, January, 1970, discusses some of the implications of the decision.

T.P.N.G., Inquiry into the Efficacy of the Operation of the Arbitration (Public Service) Ordinance 1952-1965, by H. A. Turner and E. A. C. Chambers. Presented to the Minister for External Territories, January 18, 1969.

See Public Service Board Circular No. 24 of 1970: Salary increases—local officers, Konedobu, August 3, 1970.

Commonwealth of Australia , Steps Towards Self-government in Papua and New Guinea, Canberra, 1970 .

For specific details of minimum wages and conditions of work see the Native Employment Ordinance 1958-1967. A good summary is included in the Labour Information Bulletin No. 6, prepared by and obtainable from the Department of Labour, Konedobu, T.P.N.G.

Post Courier, September 19, 1969, p. 5.

R.M. Martin , "Tribesmen into Trade Unionists: the African Experience and the Papua-New Guinea Prospect", Journal of Industrial Relations, 11, 2, July, 1969, pp. 148-9.

Matthews, op. cit., p. 79.

Martin, op. cit. The footnotes to this article indicate other literature on Niugini unions.

See also G.W. Ford , "Workers' Organisations in Papua and New Guinea", Encyclopedia of Papua & New Guinea, M.U.P., forthcoming, for a discussion of the history and characteristics of unions in Niugini.

Department of Labour , Labour Information Bulletin No. 6, pp. 58 and 60.

Geoffrey Gleghorn , "Industrial Politics Complicating Island Copper Dispute", The Australian Financial Review, April 23, 1970, gives the most complete description of the issues involved in the dispute.

Basil Turner , "Background to Industrial Relations During the Early Stages of Industrial Development: Some New Guinea Experience", Journal of Industrial Relations, 11, 3, November, 1969.

See Martin's discussion, op. cit., pp. 164-5, 168.

Department of Labour and National Service , Report of the Tripartite Labour Mission to the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, April, 1968, Melbourne, pp. 1, 2.

For details see The Industrial Review, 7, 1, January, 1969, pp. 1, 2.