TY  - BOOK
AU  - Macfie, Rebecca,
TI  - Helen Kelly: her life 
SN  - 9781927249741
AV  - HD6935.5.Z55 K45 2021
U1  - 331.88 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Wellington, New Zealand
PB  -  Awa Press, 
KW  - Kelly, Helen,
KW  - New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
KW  - History
KW  - Women labor leaders
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Biography
KW  - Labor unions
KW  - Officials and employees
KW  - Labor union members
KW  - Labor movement
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Author's Note -- Prologue -- 1. Red Siren -- 2. From Bootle to Shangri-La -- 3. Union central -- 4. The militants' daughter -- 5. Terror and revolution -- 6. The Bill -- 7. Freedom at work -- 8. Princess Xena -- 9. Working for workers -- 10. Lucky to have a job -- 11. Dangerous by design -- 12. Into the breach -- 13. Fight to the last -- Epilogue -- Supporters and Sources -- Endnotes -- Index
N2  - "When Helen Kelly died on a Wellington spring night in October 2016, with her partner by her side and a bunch of peonies, the first of the season, by her bed, Aotearoa New Zealand lost an extraordinary leader. Kelly was the first female head of the country's trade union movement, but she was also much more - a visionary who believed that all workers, whether in a union or not, deserved to be given a fair go; a fighter from a deeply communist family who never gave up the struggle; a strategist and orator who invoked strong loyalty; a woman who could stir fierce emotions. Her battles with famous people were the stuff of headlines. She took on Peter Jackson, the country's icon. She was accused in parliament of doing 'irreparable damage' to the union movement, and by employers of exploiting the bereaved families of dead workers. While many saw her as a hero, to others she was 'that woman', a bloody pain in the neck ... Award-winning journalist Rebecca Macfie takes you not only into Kelly's life but into a defining period in the country's history, when old values were replaced by the individualism of neo-liberalism, and the wellbeing and livelihood of workers faced unremitting stress"--Cover flap
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