Humphrey McQueen’s new book
Framework of Flesh
Builders’ Labourers Battle
for Health & Safety
“The genius of Humphrey McQueen has brought to life the tremendous and sometimes fatal efforts made by building labourers in constructing the built environment of Australia. I hope that Framework of Flesh is read by every building worker and by all those with an interest in occupational health and safety, and in construction labour worldwide.”
Professor Linda Clarke, author of Building Capitalism (1993), Presidium Member, European Institute of Construction Labour Research
Framework of Flesh takes up a 1920s challenge from a militant labourer, Charlie Sullivan:
“few ever think of the great and humble army whose sweat and blood are mingled in the concrete and bricks as surely as if the walls were built over a framework of human flesh.”
Order this at your progressive bookshop or
Contact Ginninderra Press
79B Lipson Street Port Adelaide SA 5015
www.ginninderrapress.com.au
Price: $30.00 (incl. GST).
Please add $5.50 p&p for 1 book, $10 for 2 or more
Please get your union to order bulk copies
See extracts posted on this blog
strike as a last resort
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