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Published work about the West Gate
Gregson S and Humphrys E (2021) ‘The West Gate Collapse: How Disaster Happens’, in Russell Lansbury, Sarah Gregson, Peter Sheldon & Karin Sanders (eds), The Regulation and Management of Workplace Health and Safety: Historical and Emerging Trends, Routledge: London, pp 32-51.
Gregson S and Humphrys E (2020) ‘Philanthropy and the “Management” of Working-class Women: The West Gate Bridge Disaster’, Labour History, Vol 18, Issue 2.
Future publications
We are currently writing an article about the ‘life’ of the West Gate memorials, and their relationship to contemporary issues of ideology and WHS. This will be completed after the 50th anniversary of the disaster and its related memorial events are held (currently scheduled for October 2021 as a result of restrictions on public gatherings in 2020 due to covid).
Related publications
Sarah has previously published work on WHS, relief funds involved in industrial accidents, and on labour memorials (especially in relation to the Titanic):
- Gregson S; Quinlan M, 2020, ‘Subcontracting and low pay kill: Lessons from the health and safety consequences of sweated labour in the garment industry, 1880-1920‘, Labor History (US), vol. 61, pp. 534 – 550.
- Gregson S; Quinlan M, 2020, ‘Lessons from the Past in Occupational Health and Safety‘, Labour History: a journal of labour and social history, vol. 119, pp. v – xiv.
- Gregson S (2012) ‘Women and Children First? The administration of the Titanic Relief Fund in Southampton, 1912-1959’, English Historical Review, 127 (254), pp 83-109.
- Gregson S (2010) ‘Memorialising Workers: ‘Reading’ a Material Heritage’ in A. Barnes, N. Balnave and G. Lafferty (eds), Work in Progress: Crises, Choices and Continuity, Proceedings of the 24th AIRAANZ conference, Sydney, 3-5 February.
- Gregson S (2008) ‘Titanic ‘Down Under: Ideology, Myth and Memorialisation’, Social History, 33 (3), pp 268-283.
Elizabeth has published work on WHS issues arising from climate change:
- Humphrys E, Newman F and Goodman J (2020) Heat Stress and Work in the Era of Climate Change: What We Know, and What We Need to Learn, Centre for Future Work and Climate Justice Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney. Open Access.
- Newman F & Humphrys E (2019) ‘Construction Workers in a Climate Precarious World’, Critical Sociology, 46 (4-5), pp 557-572.
- Bilora N, Goodman J, Humphrys E, Newman F, Pakdel P, da Rimini F and Thomas L (2019) Heat in the Streets: Mapping the Lived Experience of Heat Stress of Climate-exposed Workers Towards Developing a Thriving and Resilient City, Final Report to the City of Sydney Council, Climate Justice Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney. Open Access.
- Goodman J, Humphrys E, Newman F, da Rimini F, Thomas L, Biloria NM & Pakdel P (2019) UTS Climate Justice Centre, Heat Stress and On-Demand Work: The Experience of Food Delivery and Courier Cyclists, pp. 1-5, Submission to the Inquiry into the Victorian On-Demand Workforce. Open Access.