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WITHOUT BOSSES IBD

INTERVENTIONS INC
03 / 2020
9780648760306
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Sinopsis

Without Bosses gives a fascinating insight into radical currents that developed in Australian trade unionism during the 1970s. In those years of radicalism and social movements, rank-and-file trade unionists pushed the boundaries of action, in some cases setting global precedents. Trail-blazing actions include the mass strike action against the penal powers in 1969, and the famous green bans of the Builders Labourers&rsquo, Federation in the following years. The book also details less well known but fascinating experiments with self-management and workers&rsquo, control. At factories, coal mines, and building sites across the country, workers &lsquo,sacked&rsquo, their managers and supervisors, took over their workplaces and ran them without bosses. These actions were a radical departure from the traditionally recognised activities of trade unions. Without Bosses draws on a wealth of archival material and individual interviews. It overflows with incredible and inspiring stories from a critically important period in Australian history. For anyone interested in labour history, left-wing ideas, and the power of unions, it is required reading.

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