Unions and the Environment
- ISBN-10
- 0858021692
- ISBN-13
- 9780858021693
- Category
- Environmental policy
- Pages
- 36
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Authors
- Verity Burgmann, Colin McNaughton, Jennifer Penney
Description
Uses 5 case studies to illustrate the relationship between jobs and environmental protection. Considers recent initiatives in creating green employment in Australia and overseas, and uses the example of Earthworker to illustrate how unions and their members can work with environmentalists to acheive their aims.
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