02089oam 2200421z 450 991081210370332120230206232720.00-522-86618-2(CKB)4100000007758684(MiAaPQ)EBC5683176(EXLCZ)99410000000775868420190317d2014 uy 0engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe fights of my life /Greg Combet with Mark DavisCarlton, Vic.:Melbourne University Press Digital,2014.1 online resourceIncludes index.0-522-86617-4 Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 The end; 2 The beginning; 3 Union life; 4 Here to stay; 5 A hard landing; 6 The asbestos fight; 7 Victory; 8 Coming to power; 9 A turbulent climate; 10 Renewal; Notes; Index; Pic SectionGreg Combet has been central to some of the biggest public struggles of our time - on the waterfront, the collapse of an airline, compensation for asbestos victims, the campaign against unfair workplace laws and then climate change. From an idyllic childhood on the Minchinbury estate in the western suburbs of Sydney, Combet's world changed dramatically with the early death of his wine-maker father. The shy child was uprooted to the suburbs and an uncertain future. A scholarship allowed him to study engineering and saw him appreciate first hand the role of unions in the workplace.PoliticiansAustraliaBiographyLabor unionsOfficials and employeesBiographyPolitics, PracticalAustraliaAustraliaPolitics and government21st centuryPoliticiansLabor unionsOfficials and employeesPolitics, Practical994.07092BCombet Greg1597775Davis Mark(Journalist),BOOK9910812103703321The fights of my life3919673UNINA