Green Bans

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In the 1970s green bans of the NSW Builders Labourers Federation "imposed a series of work bans, the green bans, on developers who wanted to demolish heritage buildings and sites of environmental significance in NSW. The workers saved trees and buildings which, to this day, remain a powerful symbol of how successful environmental campaigns can be run.

"On the one hand, the green bans utilised the strength of a disciplined and well organised trade union movement. Green activists today too often forget to make alliances with trade unions, a powerful ally when mobilised.

Also crucial to the green bans' success was active support from community activists and social movements. Together they formed an unbeatable partnership."

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