Green bans, red union : environmental activism and the New South Wales Builders Labourers' Federation / Meredith Burgmann and Verity Burgmann.
Publication details: Sydney : UNSW Press, 1998.Description: xiv, 352 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0868407607 :
- Battlers for Kelly's Bush
- Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders' Labourers' Federation. New South Wales Branch -- History
- Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders' Labourers' Federation. New South Wales Branch -- History
- Trade-unions -- Construction workers -- New South Wales -- History
- Labor unions -- Construction workers -- New South Wales -- History
- Construction workers -- Labor unions -- New South Wales -- History
- Environmental protection -- New South Wales -- Citizen participation
- Hunters Hill (N.S.W.)
- Kelly's Bush (N.S.W.)
- Labor unions (New South Wales) Protest movements & pressure groups
- 331.8819009944 21
- HD6894.B92 A923 1998
- HD6894.B892 A897 1998
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Book | Jessie Street National Women's Library | 331.8819009944 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for reference in the library and ILL | 67403 |
Includes index.
Includes bibliography and index.
Pt. 1. People Before Profits. 1. The world's first green bans. 2. The preconditions for radical unionism. 3. The greening of the union -- Pt. 2. A New Concept of Unionism. 4. Organisational principles and practices. 5. Industrial relations strategies. 6. Civilising the industry. 7. Pioneering social-movement unionism. 8. Feminism and machismo: women as builders labourers -- Pt. 3. Preventing the Plunder. 9. Defending the open spaces. 10. Preserving the built environment. 11. Saving the national estate. 12. Breaking the bans, breaking the union. 13. Green Bans Forever?
"At the height of the building industry boom in the 1970s a remarkable campaign stopped billions of dollars worth of indiscriminate development that was turning Australian cities into concrete jungles. Enraging employers and politicians but delighting many in the wider community, the members of the New South Wales Builders Labourers' Federation risked their jobs in order to preserve buildings, bush and parkland."--BOOK JACKET.
"Green Bans, Red Union documents the development of a union that took a stand on a number of social issues. Apart from the green bans movement, union members also used their industrial power to defend the rights of oppressed groups, such as Aborigines, women and homosexuals. In telling the colourful story that inspired many environmentalists and ordinary citizens - and gave the word 'green' an entirely new meaning - Meredith Burgmann and Verity Burgmann open a window on a period when Australian workers led the world in innovative and stunningly effective forms of environmental protest."--BOOK JACKET.
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.
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