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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’
‘From shearers to miners to the green bans in Sydney, workers have had an impact on the government of the day.’
‘The rise of resident action groups and the green ban movement showed the need for new plans incorporating environmental and participatory provisions.’
‘I suppose it is protected by some sort of heritage order or green ban.’
‘We put an interim green ban on the construction of these apartments in order to encourage the university to negotiate.’
‘The trade unions have enforced green bans on environmentally destructive developments.’
‘He was the principal leader of the green bans movement in Sydney.’
‘In the late 1960s, the federation placed green bans on several inner-city Sydney neighbourhoods.’
‘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.’
‘The union has put a green ban on new gas-fired generators in Victoria.’