Green Bans, Red Union (Paperback)

Meredith Burgmann

ISBN 10: 1742235409 / ISBN 13: 9781742235400

Published by NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, NSW, 2017

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Paperback. Revised edition of a landmark bookAt the height of the building 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 NSW Builders Labourers' Federation risked their jobs to preserve buildings, bush and parkland. The direct impact of this green bans movement can be seen all over Sydney.Green Bans, Red Union documents the development of a union that took a stand. Apart from the green bans movement, union members also used industrial power to defend women's rights, gay rights and indigenous rights. 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.A new introduction reconsiders the impact of the now iconic green bans movement at a time when workers' organisations around the world are looking to fight back against overdevelopment and global warming more strongly than ever before.'The definitive account of the glory days of the NSW Builders Labourers'Federation and the green bans.' Australian Society for the Study of Labour History'The authors throwabundant light on the diverse aspects of the revolutionary direction taken bythe NSW BLF in these years.' RebelWorker Revised edition of a landmark book Green Bans , Red Union Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Green Bans, Red Union (Paperback)
• Publisher: NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, NSW
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1742235409
• ISBN 13: 9781742235400
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

At the height of the building 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 NSW Builders Labourers’ Federation risked their jobs to preserve buildings, bush and parkland. The direct impact of this green bans movement can be seen all over Sydney. Green Bans, Red Union documents the development of a union that took a stand.

About the Author

Verity Burgmann is Adjunct Professor of Political Science in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. She is the author of numerous studies of labor and social movements. Meredith Burgmann was a Member of the Legislative Council of NSW (Labor) from 1991 and President from 1999 until 2007.