Author:
Dr. Liam Byrne
Posts:
- August 16, 2023: The Gurindji strike, 1966
- August 1, 2023: The 1979 strike of the Union of Christmas Island Workers
- July 27, 2023: 60 years since the Yirrkala bark petition
- June 29, 2023: Remembering Simon Crean
- June 27, 2023: Our Voice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander unionists making history
- May 24, 2023: An introduction to the Australian Living Peace Museum
- May 24, 2023: The right to paid union training leave – a short history
- May 24, 2023: The 1967 referendum
- April 27, 2023: Remembering the Pilbara Strike, 1946-1949
- April 24, 2023: Lessons from the campaign for the eight hour day
- March 23, 2023: Remembering William Cooper
- June 22, 2022: The first Sydney Mardi Gras – and the hidden history of LGBTIQA+ unionists!
- May 24, 2022: Tribute to Tom McDonald: a lifetime winning for workers
- April 27, 2022: The origins of May Day
- April 14, 2022: 21 April 1856 – Melbourne Stonemasons take action for the 8-Hour Day
- April 1, 2022: MUA: Here to Stay! The 1998 Waterfront Dispute
- March 30, 2022: The power of union learning: a snapshot from the ‘70s
- March 7, 2022: Australian unions win maternity leave – 1979
- February 9, 2022: Remembering Edna Ryan: Champion of Equality
- February 7, 2022: The campaign for asbestos justice and workers’ compensation
- January 30, 2022: How unions helped build Medicare
- January 12, 2022: 1936 Maritime Strike by Torres Strait Islander Workers
- December 10, 2021: The 1972 Equal Pay case
- December 7, 2021: The Metal Workers win the 38-hour week
- November 11, 2021: “Pig Iron Bob” and the 1938 Port Kembla strike
- November 4, 2021: The Harvester Judgement and the basic wage
- November 2, 2021: Brian Manning: a life in the struggle
- October 25, 2021: Why Nelson Mandela thanked the Australian union movement
- October 13, 2021: The 1916 campaign against conscription
- October 13, 2021: Zelda D’Aprano’s Equal Pay protest
- October 13, 2021: West Gate Bridge collapse
- September 28, 2021: 1963: The ACTU backs the campaign for wage equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers
- September 28, 2021: Henry Lawson: the workers’ poet
- September 28, 2021: The ACTU’s 1941 Equal Pay Conference
- September 28, 2021: Jennie George becomes the first woman elected ACTU President
- September 7, 2021: How unions won the weekend
- August 31, 2021: A short history of unions taking action for equal pay!
- August 27, 2021: Union solidarity with East Timor
- August 20, 2021: The Gurindji strike, 1966
- August 17, 2021: Stories of Hope & Change: Muriel Heagney
- August 12, 2021: 1890 Maritime Strike
- August 12, 2021: The ACTU backs Noonkanbah protests
- July 26, 2021: From the archives – the ACTU’s 60th birthday
- July 20, 2021: 1971 day of protest for retired workers
- July 9, 2021: The 1976 strike to defend universal healthcare
- July 9, 2021: Australia’s unions v. Frank Sinatra
- June 30, 2021: The history of the minimum wage
- June 18, 2021: The 1978 Mardi Gras
- June 18, 2021: How unions helped build Superannuation
- June 9, 2021: The 1957 Palm Island strike
- May 20, 2021: The 1891 Shearers’ Strike
- May 12, 2021: Remembering Bob Hawke
- May 12, 2021: Muriel Heagney’s 60 year campaign for Equal Pay
- April 28, 2021: Why do we celebrate May Day?
- April 21, 2021: 1856: the Eight-Hour Day strike
- April 7, 2021: MUA: Here to Stay!
- March 11, 2021: The long campaign by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers for equal pay – and the 1966 decision
- February 23, 2021: The Engineering Union wins the 44 hour week – 1927
- February 10, 2021: The 1985 SEQEB dispute
- January 28, 2021: Victory in the ASU’s campaign for Equal Pay
- January 20, 2021: 1912 Brisbane general strike
- January 12, 2021: The 1936 Maritime Strike by Torres Strait Islander workers
- January 7, 2021: The campaign for paid parental leave
- December 15, 2020: The 1972 Equal Pay decision
- December 7, 2020: Unions win the 38-hour work week
- December 2, 2020: The Eureka Stockade
- November 24, 2020: Your Rights at Work victorious!
- October 9, 2020: Remembering Ted Grayndler
- September 28, 2020: Jennie George is elected ACTU President
- September 14, 2020: Albert Monk: a lifetime of unionism
- August 24, 2020: Remembering Jean Daley
- August 7, 2020: Alison Cranley: teacher and union leader.
- July 24, 2020: Who was Bella Guerin?
- July 17, 2020: Union campaigns for workplace health and safety
- July 9, 2020: Unions and the shorter working week
- July 2, 2020: When was Australia’s first nation-wide union meeting?
- June 25, 2020: Emma Miller – remembering a union hero
- June 16, 2020: The 1969 Equal Pay case
- May 30, 2020: How unions won the right to annual leave
- May 29, 2020: How unions helped create Medicare
- May 18, 2020: Remembering Bob Hawke
- May 14, 2020: Muriel Heagney: champion of equal pay
- April 21, 2020: The 8 Hour Day
