by Elizabeth Humphrys | Apr 21, 2022 | Australian Economy, Climate Change, unions
This week the first journal article based on my research with the United Workers Union, conducted with James Goodman and Freya Newman, was published in Economic and Labour Relations Review. The United Workers Union is one of the largest blue-collar...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Dec 23, 2019 | Climate Change, unions
Last week Freya Newman, Natasha Heenan and I had an opinion piece published by the ABC on the bushfire smoke impact on workers in Sydney and Canberra. We looked at the impact of the climate crisis on workers, and what collective response unions might lead. You can...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 8, 2019 | Australian History, unions
Last year Sarah Gregson took part in a Symposium on the West Gate Bridge, as part of the Art & Industry Festival. The festival commissioned a podcast, The Bridge, which was produced by Overland magazine and Witness Performance. The podcast is...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | May 17, 2019 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
When I was in grade five there was a vote in class. We were asked, who do you want to win the election, Hawke or Fraser? Only one child in that working class school in Hoppers Crossing voted for the Liberals, such was the hope and desire of working class families for...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Feb 8, 2019 | Australian Economy, Australian History, unions
Sarah Gregson and I have published a new website, to report on our research into the West Gate Bridge collapse in 1970 and its aftermath. We will add more of our work over time, and have created a resources page collecting together a range of materials on about the...