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Migrant Workers & Ethnic Communities: Their Struggles for Social Justice & Cultural Rights: The Role of Greek-Australians
By George Zangalis.
Published by The Social Sciences
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| Book: Print | $US50.00 |
The ACTU President, Sharan Burrow in her foreword described the work as a "unique contribution to Australian history - lens on union and labour history offers a rich understanding of how multiculturalism developed within a working class environment, through our workplaces, ethnic and migrant associations, our inner city schools and, indeed, the influence on public policy".
Dr Michael Tsounis, the doyen of Greek-Australian historians, in his foreword writes: "This study adds a new chapter in understanding the development of Australia as a multi-ethnic and multicultural society... and the role played by Greek-Australians". The book has several chapters on the history and role of Ethnic Community Councils, Ethnic Affairs Commissions, Ethnic Affairs Ministries and Departments.
| Keywords: | Migrant Workers, Ethnic Communities, Greek-Australian, Media, Unions, Multiculturalism, Politics, Australian History |
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Book: Print (Paperback). Published by The Social Sciences.
George Zangalis
Australia
George Zangalis was born in Greece in 1931, the fourth in a family of five children. He grew up and did his secondary education during the Resistance of the Greek people and his own family against the German occupation and the Anglo-American imposed civil war.
He came to Australia in February 1950. He became immediately involved in the working class and progressive organisations in the Greek community , the wider Australian Labour Movement and the fledgling multicultural campaigns, a commitment he keeps to this day.
He worked at first in the car industry, then as a political organiser for the Communist Party of Australia and since 1970, until his retirement in 1996, in the Victorian Railways and the Australian Railways Union where in 1975 he was elected fulltime organiser, and in 1988 president.
He has been a foundation member and leading official of the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria, the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia, and Community Broadcasting.
He served for several years on the ABC State and National Advisory Council and the SBS board in the early 1980’s.He is currently president (and a current affairs broadcaster) of Melbourne’s ethnic communities radio station 3ZZZ, and president of the National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council of Australia.
He is married to Cavell Zangalis. They have two children, Paul and Vasso and two grand children.