Summary

Alternative Name(s): Button

Badge inscribed Women and Men, Equal Partners in Unions, collected as part of a group of badges over a 15-year period during which Andrew Reeves undertook extensive research in the field of Trade Union Material Culture, and had extensive contact with the Trade Union movement Australia wide.

Other badges with the same inscription and graphics were made by Patrick Brothers, Melbourne, 1990.

Physical Description

Circluar badge, main background colour yellow. In centre the symbol for 'men' and first and second inscription curved around it, all in black print. Below this is a black line and a thin section of light orange, then a black line then a thin section of darker orange, then another black line then the same size section of red. In each smaller section the top of the symbol appears in black. Plain metal back with pin.

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