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Labour History Project Bulletin 60, April 2014

    Contents

    FROM THE SHOP FLOOR

    Editorial
    Chair’s report

    NEWS ROUND-UP

    Remembering the murder of Ernie Abbott
    A precariat manifesto
    Mangere mountain education day
    A concert for mineworkers
    Labour Graphics from Canada

    RECENT AND CURRENT RESEARCH

    For the toilers of the sea: Tom Barker’s revolutionary adventures in marine transport
    ‘The most contented people in the world’ – planning a co-operative colony in Taranaki

    FEATURE ARTICLES

    ‘The sin of cheapness’ – Harriet Morison and the Tailoresses’ Union
    ‘Birds that have been caged’ – World War One correspondence between James Allen and William Massey
    Winging to the left – ‘The Eastern’
    A state of exception: implementing ‘lawless law’ in early twentieth century New Zealand

    REVIEWS

    Worth a second look: Poverty and Public Health
    Once We Built a Tower