Abstract
Abstract The foundation and early growth of the Public Service Association was unrelated to the introduction of compulsory arbitration. Rather, it was a response to government cutbacks at a time of severe economic crisis. The nature of the career public service furnished the infant union with a membership which was largely middle class, or which had reasonable expectations of becoming such. This, and the process of union formation, determined the PSA's identification as a middle class union as expressed in its aims, strategy and ethos.
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