MUA and international dockworkers unite to fight automation and defend waterfront jobs
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This month in labour history
1-10-1855 Stonemasons in Sydney held a dinner celebrating victory in a strike for a maximum eight-hour working day. In advance of a planned campaign the following year, workers building churches had gone on strike and quickly emerged victorious. [more]
4-10-1909 Workers in new South Wales join a huge procession for the 8 hour day. [more]
14-10-1981 Dock workers in Darwin start 7-day strike, refusing to load uranium on board “Pacific Sky” for US military use. [more]