Norm Gallagher

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Norm Gallagher, (1931-1999) was a prominent Australian trade unionist, who led the militant Builders Labourers' Federation in Victoria.

Gallagher was raised in Melbourne and joined the Builders Labourers' Federation (BLF) in 1951. By 1970, he was elected as the BLF's Victorian State Secretary and radically improved pay and conditions on building sites. His militant leadership style initially united union factions but later alienated the union from employers as well as the Victorian Labor Government and other union leaders.

He was also a high-profile member of the Maoist Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist).

Following a Royal Commission into the BLF's business affairs, it was deregistered. Gallagher was convicted of accepting bribes from construction companies which went towards a beach house in Gippsland. He was jailed for 18 months. He was finally ousted from his position as State Secretary in 1991.

Gallagher died in Melbourne on 26 August 1999.

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