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Maritime Men of the Asia-Pacific - True-Blue Internationals Navigating Labour Rights 1906-2006 (Paperback)
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Maritime Men of the Asia-Pacific - True-Blue Internationals Navigating Labour Rights 1906-2006 (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Labour History, 18
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Maritime workers occupy a central place in global labour history.
This new and compelling account from Australia, shows seafaring and
waterside unions engaged in a shared history of activism for
legally regulated wages and safe liveable conditions for all who go
to sea. Maritime Men of the Asia-Pacific provides a corrective to
studies which overlook this region's significance as a provider of
the world's maritime labour force and where unions have a rich
history of reaching across their differences to forge connections
in solidarity. From the 'militant young Australian' Harry Bridges
whose progressive unionism transformed the San Francisco
waterfront, to Australia's successful implementation of the
Maritime Labour Convention 2006, this is a story of vision and
leadership on the international stage. Unionists who saw themselves
as internationalists were also operating within a national and
imperial framework where conflicting interests and differences of
race and ideology had to be overcome. Union activists in India,
China and Japan struggled against indentured labour and 'coolie'
standards. They linked with their fellow-unionists in pursuing an
ideal of international labour rights against the power of
shipowners and anti-union governments. This is a complex story of
endurance, cooperation and conflict and its empowering legacy.
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