The fights of my life
- Author/Creator:
- Combet, Greg, author
- Publication/Creation:
- Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press Digital, 2014
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The fights of my life / Greg Combet with Mark Davis
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Davis, Mark (Journalist), author
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Combet, Greg
Australian Labor Party--Officials and employees
Politicians--Australia--Biography
Labor unions--Officials and employees--Biography
Politics, Practical--Australia
Australia--Politics and government--21st century
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- 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 Section
- Summary:
- Greg 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.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource
- General Note:
- Includes index.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936954691202486
- ISBN:
- 0-522-86618-2
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