Från jobb kontra miljö till »gröna jobb»:: Australiens fackföreningsrörelse och debatten om klimatförändringarna

Verity Burgmann

Från jobb kontra miljö till »gröna jobb»: Australiens fackföreningsrörelse och debatten om klimatförändringarna

Translated title of the contribution: From 'jobs versus environment' to 'green-collar jobs':: Australian trade unions and the climate change debate

Verity Burgmann

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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, its 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.

Translated title of the contribution	From 'jobs versus environment' to 'green-collar jobs':: Australian trade unions and the climate change debate
Original language	Swedish
Pages (from-to)	7-12
Number of pages	6
Journal	Arbetarhistoria
Volume	2012: 3-4
Issue number	143-144
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Med betongen som argument: Australiensiska byggnadsarbetarna med samhällspolitisk agenda
Translated title of the contribution: Pioneering Social-Movement Unionism: The case of Australian builders labourers in the 1970sBurgmann, V., 2011, In: Arbetarhistoria. 2011: 2-3, 138 - 139, p. 27-32 6 p.
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Från jobb kontra miljö till »gröna jobb»: Australiens fackföreningsrörelse och debatten om klimatförändringarna

Abstract

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Med betongen som argument: Australiensiska byggnadsarbetarna med samhällspolitisk agenda

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