Meet the man who shook up unionism 100 years ago

09/04/2024 49 min Episodio 53
Meet the man who shook up unionism 100 years ago

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Episode Synopsis

Coal miner Tom Mann was the Taylor Swift of unionists - he toured the world getting involved in union blues - like in Broken Hill where he was arrested helping miners in their fight against BHP. Phil Katz has written a new book on Tom Mann. In this episode Phil tells us about the vegetarian who carried guns, the working class man who spoke four languages, the tee-totaler who was the boogie man to bosses the world over.