Preface -- Rediscovering collective bargaining / Breen Creighton and Anthony Forsyth -- Collective bargaining and agreement-making in Australia : evolution of the legislative framework and practice / Peter Gahan and Andreas Pekarek -- International labour standards and collective bargaining under the Fair Work Act 2009 / Breen Creighton -- The role of Fair Work Australia in facilitating collective bargaining / Richard Naughton -- The mechanics of agreement making under the Fair Work Act 2009 : promoting good faith bargaining and genuine agreement / Amanda Coulthard -- The relationship between protected industrial action, recognition and bargaining in good faith under the Fair Work Act 2009 / Shae McCrystal -- Getting to the table? : fair work, unions, and collective bargaining / Rae Cooper and Bradon Ellem -- Industrial conflict with awards, choices, and fairness / David Peetz -- Government as industrial relations role model : promotion of collective bargaining and workplace cooperation by non-legislative mechanisms / John Howe -- Comparing purposes and concepts in United States and Australian collective bargaining law / Anthony Forsyth -- Recognition in respect of bargaining in the United Kingdom : collective autonomy and political neutrality in context / Alan Bogg and Tonia Novitz -- The Canadian conception of collective representation and bargaining / Sara Slinn -- After EFCA, what next for unions? : the future of labour law reform and of collective bargaining in the United States / John Logan -- Collective bargaining and food faith obligations in New Zealand / Pam Nuttall -- Notes on contributors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.