"Green bans, red union": when building workers stood up for the environment

Workers' Liberty | 08.01.2009 01:23 | Ecology | Workers' Movements

A showing of "Rocking the Foundations", the story of the New South Wales Builders Labourers Federation in the 1970s, and how they built a powerful, politicised workers' movement that stood up for the environment and sustainable communities as well as its members' rights.

(For more about the BLF, see  http://archive.workersliberty.org/wlmags/wl64/greg.htm)

Followed by a talk by an activist from Workers Climate Action, discussion and a social.

£2 unwaged, £3.50 waged, £5 waged

7pm, Thursday 5 February 2009
The Bread & Roses, 68 Clapham High Street, London SW4 6DZ (Clapham Common tube)

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