Barry had a long career in the union movement and became the general secretary of the Australian Miners’ Federation and the Mining Union’s member of the Joint Coal Board. He was involved in the 1982 Kemira mine strike and worked on reducing the causes of dust lung disease.
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Keywords
coal mines; strikes; Woonona Co-operative; industrial relations; unions; Australian Miners Federation; dust disease; black lung; Kemira miners’ strike; Joint Coal Board; Bellambi soil;
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