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Med betongen som argument. De australiensiska byggnadsarbetarna samhällsengagerade verksamhet

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Burgmann, Verity. (2011) Med betongen som argument. De australiensiska byggnadsarbetarna samhällsengagerade verksamhet. Arbetarhistoria, Vol.138-139 . pp. 27-32. ISSN 0281-7446

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Abstract

Between 1971 and 1975, construction workers in Australia organised in the New South Wales branch of the Builders Labourers’ Federation engaged in strikes (”bans” in Australian industrial terminology) to prevent ecologically damaging development and in support of other radical causes, such as women’s liberation, homosexual liberation and indigenous rights. Proclaiming the principle of ‘the social responsibility of labour’, this union became especially famous for its “green bans” that halted huge development projects. This union prefigures the development of ‘social-movement unionism’ from the 1990s onwards in its militancy, ultra-democratic forms of organisation, its agenda for radical social and economic change, its determination to overcome working-class fragmentation and its capacity to lead community struggles.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Journal or Publication Title: Arbetarhistoria
Publisher: Arbetarroerelsens Arkiv och Bibliotek
ISSN: 0281-7446
Date: 2011
Volume: Vol.138-139
Number of Pages: 6
Page Range: pp. 27-32
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
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URI: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/48242

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