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Record Nr.

UNINA9910135398003321

Autore

Jones Ann (Radio broadcaster)

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2014

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

©2014

ISBN

1-925021-54-8

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

331.88091

Soggetti

International labor activities - History

Labor movement - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.