In recent years the Australian Journalists Association (AJA), like many other while collar organisations, has undergone a significant change in character. This has been manifest in disruptions to the industrial status quo in terms of the relationship between the AJA and the employers and between the AJA leadership and membership. Two significant periods of AJA history — 1972–73 and 1980–81 — are analysed to highlight the economic and industrial determinants of the change. These general and more decisive determinants of change provide the underlying context for evaluating the impact of technology and the 1980 national journalists’ strike.
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