#TonyMazzocchi and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, the #GreenBans of the #BuildersLabourers Federation, #JudiBari and the California timber workers, and the #petrochemicalworkers of #PortoMarghera in Italy.
We know that #union members have long campaigned for better pay and conditions…But did you know they’ve also fought to help protect green spaces, ecosystems…and some of our most beloved heritage buildings?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZA_XSADyCU
Hear also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWbBf-R_qP0
#art #BLF #CFMEU #GreenBans #illustration #LabourMOvement #Organize #SamWallman #Solidarity #VTHC #workingclasshistory
Lecture: Artist Sam Wallman’s research into the Pink and Green Bans movement celebrating the 1970s coalition of #bluecollar union workers and LGBTIQA+ people.
#GreenBans = strike action for conservation or environment)
#PinkBans = work stoppages, industrial bans by unionised #constructionworkers in the 1970s in defence of persecuted #lgbtiqa+ people assisting their emerging gay rights movement.
ALL OUT - Pink Bans & Blue Collars (NSW BLF) https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/08/28/257511/nla-acquires-wallmans-all-out-pink-bans-and-blue-collars/
https://linktr.ee/ourmembersbeunlimited
#art #illustration #samwallman #Bluecollar #BuildersLabourers #ConstructionWorkers #greenbans #labormovement #organize #pinkbans #solidarity
Before 1980s deregistration, the 1970s constructionworkers members of the BLF in NSW were deregistered for #directaction eg #GreenBans
Pat Fiske (1985) doco Rocking the Foundations explains their situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FcQomXcpGk
#labormovement #organize #rankandfile #solidarity #unions #workingclasshistory #from Below
More “Rad af” #FDOTM and #GreenBans
Peter Riley
