No truck with the Chilean junta! : trade union internationalism, Australia and Britain, 1973-1980 / Ann Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Ann (Radio broadcaster), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International labor activities--History.

International labor activities.

Labor movement--History.

Labor movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

ANU Press 2014

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : Australian National University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

When lorry drivers in Northampton slapped stickers on their cabs declaring ‘No truck with the Chilean Junta!’ they were doing more than threatening to boycott. They were asserting their own identity as proud unionists and proud internationalists. But what did trade unionists really know of what was happening in Chile? And how could someone else’s oppression become a means to solidify your own identity? The labour movements of Britain and Australia used ‘Chile’ as an impetus for action and to give meaning to their own political expression, though it was not all smooth sailing. Throughout the 1970s, social movements and unions alternately clashed and melded, and those involved with ‘Chile’ were also caught within the unhappy marriage of the cross-cultural left. This book draws together the events and stories of these complex times.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-297) and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781925021547

1925021548

OCLC:

879538541

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_502552