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CFMEU Mining and Energy has a range of books and DVDs available for purchase. We do not accept payments on line, but you can make an order and we will contact you by phone for payment.

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Please contact the CFMEU on 02 9267 1035 if you would like further information.

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Blood on the Coal

Price including postage & GST:
$25 with postage and packaging
Contact the Brisbane Office: 07 38398588

The Queensland Miners' Story - narrated by Jack Thompson
Traces the history of the Queensland miners and their union from the darkest days of the 19th century to today.

Contact the Brisbane Office directly on 07 38398588

Holding the Line
A narrative history of Australian coal miners and their union in the 1980s. Holding the Line is Volume 1 - (see also Volume 2 - On the Edge and Volume 3 - Storm and Tempest) By coal mining historian Alan Murray. Hardcover; 370pp; photographs.

Price including postage & GST:
$25 with postage and packaging

A narrative history of Australian coal  miners and their union in the 1980s.
Volume 1 - followed by Volume 2 (On the Edge) and Volume 3 (Storm and Tempest)

By coal mining historian Alan Murray.

Hardcover; 370pp; photographs.

On The Edge
A narrative history of Australian coal miners and their union in the 1990s, by Alan Murray. On the Edge is Volume 2 of a 3 volume history. ( see also Volume 1 - Holding the Line, Volume 3 - Storm and Tempest) Hardback, 319pp, photos

on the edge

Price including postage & GST:
$25 with postage and packaging
 

A narrative history of Australian coal miners and their union in the 1990s, by Alan Murray.

Volume 2 of a 3 volume history. Volume 1 -  Holding the Line, Volume 3 - Storm and Tempest

Hardback, 319pp, photos

At The Coalface
The human face of coal miners and their communities: an oral history of the early days. Handsomely produced and illustrated with many historic photographs.

Price, including postage & GST: $30.00

The human face of coal miners and their communities: an oral history of the early days.

Paperback. Handsomely produced and illustrated with many historic photographs.

Coal Man
Note: To purchase this book you need to contact Jack Wilcox directly. PO Box 465, Maleny, Qld 4552 mailto: [email protected] Jack Wilcox captures marvellous insights into Australian life as he was growing up in the 40s and 50s and examines the challenges he faced as the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board - a fascinating period in the history of the coal industry in this country. Paperback, 196pp, photos and index

Price, including postage & GST: $28.50

Note: To purchase this book you need to contact Jack Wilcox directly.

PO Box 465, Maleny, Qld 4552

mailto: [email protected]

Jack Wilcox captures marvellous insights into Australian life as he was growing up in the 40s and 50s and examines the challenges he faced as the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board - a fascinating period in the history of the coal industry in this country.

Paperback, 196pp, photos and index

Good Faith Bargaining
Price: Only available from Federation Press This book, written by two members of our legal team, was originally published by the CFMEU in 2011 and quickly sold out. The book has been revised and updated and includes a new chapter on the Qantas dispute and the availability of arbitration of bargaining disputes under the Fair Work Act. Federation Press has published the second edition of this book. Buy the book directly from Federation Press. Please note, CFMEU is not handling sales.

Only available from Federation Press

Price: Only available from Federation Press

This book, written by two members of our legal team, was originally published by the CFMEU in 2011 and quickly sold out.

The book has been revised and updated and includes a new chapter on the Qantas dispute and the availability of arbitration of bargaining disputes under the Fair Work Act.

Federation Press has published the second edition of this book.

Buy the book directly from Federation Press.

Please note, CFMEU is not handling sales.

Last Stand at Nymboida
The film of the story of the historic work-in and take-over of the Nymboida Colliery in NSW by 30 underground mineworkers who refused to accept the sack back in 1975. (See also The Coal Mines the Workers Ran) DVD 56 mins.

Price, including postage & GST: $25.00

The film of the story of the historic work-in and take-over of the Nymboida Colliery in NSW by 30 underground mineworkers who refused to accept the sack back in 1975.

DVD 56 mins.

Lockout
Jim Comerford’s eyewitness account of Australia’s most violent industrial conflict – the Northern NSW Coal Lockout of 1929. Hardcover; 536pp; photographs.

Price, including postage & GST: $35.00

Jim Comerford’s eyewitness account of Australia’s most violent industrial conflict – the Northern NSW Coal Lockout of 1929.
Hardcover; 536pp; photographs.

Storm and Tempest
The third volume of Alan Murray's narrative history of our union, which covers the years 2000-2015. Previous volumes are (1) Holding the Line and (2) On the Edge. Hard cover, 468pp, photographs

Price, including postage & GST:

$20.00 current and retired members
$30.00 general public

The third volume of Alan Murray's narrative history of the Coal Miners Union

The Coal Mines The Workers Ran
From Nymboida to United: a remarkable chapter in Australia’s industrial history. By Pete Thomas and Paddy Gorman. Paperback; 143pp; Photographs.

Price, including postage & GST: $10.00

From Nymboida to United: a remarkable chapter in Australia’s industrial history.
By Pete Thomas and Paddy Gorman.

Paperback; 143pp; Photographs.

The Coalminers of Queensland
Greg Mallory has brought together 8 essays by the late, great Pete Thomas. They describe the working and living conditions of coalminers and their families in central Queensland from the early 1960s to the mid 1980s. Hardcover; 473pp; photographs.

Price, including postage & GST: $50.00

Greg Mallory has brought together 8 essays by the late, great Pete Thomas. They describe the working and living conditions of coalminers and their families in central Queensland from the early 1960s to the mid 1980s.

Hardcover; 473pp; photographs.

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