The Port Kembla Wharfie Boys:
Microfilm is all very well, but there is a lot of it. I need an exact date for when Freddy was involved inthe pickets at Port Kembla otherwise i will be scrolling for hour.....so here goes nothing:
Waterside worker research led me to the Australian Trade Unions Archive , which in turn had some historical links to Workers Online ,which led me to a historical article:
The Australian Trade Unions Archive Timeline is the most useful item as it states:
1938:
At Port Kembla, Waterside Workers' Federation members refuse to load scrap iron for shipment to Japan. The "Dog Collar Act" is applied to break the strike. In response to this and the laying off of men by BHP, loading is eventually resumed in 1939. (Freddy was heavily involved in this)....
ok This is going to take a while........
One more find: an article about Asiatic Immigration relating to the Chinese Seaman's Union
Microfilm is all very well, but there is a lot of it. I need an exact date for when Freddy was involved inthe pickets at Port Kembla otherwise i will be scrolling for hour.....so here goes nothing:
Waterside worker research led me to the Australian Trade Unions Archive , which in turn had some historical links to Workers Online ,which led me to a historical article:
The Australian Trade Unions Archive Timeline is the most useful item as it states:
1938:
At Port Kembla, Waterside Workers' Federation members refuse to load scrap iron for shipment to Japan. The "Dog Collar Act" is applied to break the strike. In response to this and the laying off of men by BHP, loading is eventually resumed in 1939. (Freddy was heavily involved in this)....
ok This is going to take a while........
One more find: an article about Asiatic Immigration relating to the Chinese Seaman's Union
posted by Georgina Wiles at 9:21 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home