A strike by construction workers opposed to a development project within a green belt, especially as imposed by a trade union.
the unions have placed a green ban on the project
Example sentencesExamples
- I have never understood why the idea of a bunch of union thugs standing in the way of urban development is called a green ban.
- Imagine if Sydney hadn't had the green bans of the 1970s.
- I suppose it is protected by some sort of heritage order or green ban.
- The union has put a green ban on new gas-fired generators in Victoria.
- The trade unions have enforced green bans on environmentally destructive developments.
- The rise of resident action groups and the green ban movement showed the need for new plans incorporating environmental and participatory provisions.
- In the late 1960s, the federation placed green bans on several inner-city Sydney neighbourhoods.
- He was the principal leader of the green bans movement in Sydney.
- From shearers to miners to the green bans in Sydney, workers have had an impact on the government of the day.
- We put an interim green ban on the construction of these apartments in order to encourage the university to negotiate.