The Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) was an Australian trade union that existed from 1911 until 1972, and from 1976 until 1986, when it was permanently...
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left-wing feminist activists who joined the NSW chapter of the Builders Labourers Federation (NSWBLF), becoming trailblazers in the fight to gain acceptance...
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metalworker and later a builder's labourer, joining successively the Federated Ironworkers' Association and the Builders Labourers Federation. He also played...
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the original battery. In 1973, a green ban was placed by the Builders Labourers Federation to prevent destruction of certain buildings by developers. The...
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mainly took place in Australia during the 1970s, led by the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) and used to protect parkland, low-income housing and buildings...
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1996) was a left-wing activist and construction worker in the Builders Labourers Federation who was active in left-wing campaigns in the 1960s and 1970s...
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the railway station. In the 1970s, a green ban imposed by the Builders Labourers Federation stopped a Coles Supermarket being built that would result in...
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involved with the Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders Labourers Federation, better known as the B.L.F. He was the last Victorian secretary...
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militant Builders Labourers Federation as federal Secretary and as Victorian State Secretary. Gallagher was raised in Melbourne and joined the Builders Labourers...
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employee groups may have occurred due to a range of issues: Builders Labourers Federation Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union Health Workers Union...
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Socialism in Australia (section Pre-Federation)
National Revolution. Socialism was a major ideology behind the Builders Labourers Federation and the green bans in the 1970s. The Victorian branch of the...
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Firemen and Enginemen in North America Bruce Lee Foundation Builders Labourers Federation in Australia Mercer County Airport (West Virginia); IATA airport...
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Hall would be demolished, but a green ban put in place by the Builders Labourers Federation prevented this from happening. Wrightson still owned the building...
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The Pink Ban was a strike action, taken by the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF), at Macquarie University due to the expulsion of a gay man from student...
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nature reserve. There was a brief green ban imposed by the Builders Labourers Federation (under the influence of Jack Mundey) that eventually failed...
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environmental issues and causes. In Australia, the left-wing Builders Labourers Federation, led by the communist Jack Mundy, united with environmentalists...
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Association (1910-1993) Australian Transport Officers' Federation (1927-1991) Builders Labourers Federation (1911-1980s) Building Workers' Industrial Union of...
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Australia until his release was secured. Norm Gallagher led the Builders Labourers Federation for over a decade, a time during which he was a nationally known...
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landholding before being subdivided in the 1880s. In 1974, the Builders Labourers Federation placed a green ban against the construction of demolition of...
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Red Union: Environmental Activism and the New South Wales Builders Labourers' Federation. p. 50. Allom Lovell & Associates [Conservation architects]...
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abandoned for many years while its future was debated. In 1973, the Builders Labourers Federation placed a green ban on the site; despite this, the Queensland...
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sports complex but the project was called off after the NSW Builders Labourers Federation placed a green ban in response to a request from park users...
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John Ward. In 1973, the student union (MUSC) worked with the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) to organise one of the first "pink bans". Similar in tactic...
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large meeting of residents successfully requested that the NSW Builders Labourers Federation place a ban on the construction of town-house type dwellings...
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Joske; Ex parte Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders' Labourers' Federation, powers such as reorganising unions and invalidating union...
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High Court (Australia). Building Construction Employees and Builders' Labourers Federation of New South Wales v Minister of Industrial Relations (1986)...
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the CML building, were saved from destruction after the NSW Builders Labourers Federation placed green bans to enforce National Trust preservation orders...
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perceptions had begun to turn towards retention of the station. A Builders Labourers Federation green ban at the time helped preserve it in its existing form...
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(Goodong Dam) Act, 1974. A green ban was briefly imposed by the Builders Labourers Federation for a few days until adequate assurances that marine life in...
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working as a labourer at the age of 19. He began involvement with trade unionism first after joining the Builders Labourers Federation. He was mentored...
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