Story: Unions and employee organisations

Women and union badges (3rd of 3)

Women and union badges

‘A woman’s place is in her union,’ says one of these badges, used by New Zealand unions from the 1970s, when women became more prominent in the union movement than ever before.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges-Union-Selection

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How to cite this page:

Erik Olssen, 'Unions and employee organisations - Unions after 1960', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ephemera/22286/women-and-union-badges (accessed 18 April 2024)

Story by Erik Olssen, published 11 Mar 2010