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Green bans: worker control and the urban environment - Mark A Haskell

Paper by Mark A Haskell on the boycotts by Australian construction workers of environmentally destructive projects in the 1970s.

Submitted by Steven. on July 29, 2013
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  • environment
  • on-the-job action
  • Australia
  • construction
  • green bans
  • Mark A Haskell
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