Union History Blog
Dr John Falzon – Communities in crisis: the widening impact of insecure jobs
November 17, 2021
Facts don’t matter when it comes to attacking the union movement. We are accused, by…
TWU Safe Rates campaign – James Scott, Delegate
November 17, 2021
At the TWU we have worked over previous bargaining periods to align our major road…
Michelle AEU
November 11, 2021
Australian Education Union Northern Organiser, Michelle Rippon, speaks of the energy of coming together with…
“Pig Iron Bob” and the 1938 Port Kembla strike
November 11, 2021
On 15 November 1938, dockers at Port Kembla (near Wollongong), members of the Waterside Workers’…
The Harvester Judgement and the basic wage
November 4, 2021
On 8 November 1907 HB Higgins, the President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Court,…
Brian Manning: a life in the struggle
November 2, 2021
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following post may contain…
Why Nelson Mandela thanked the Australian union movement
October 25, 2021
On the 25th of October, 1990, Nelson Mandela delivered a thank you speech to the…
The 1916 campaign against conscription
October 13, 2021
On the 28th of October, 1916, the union-led campaign against conscription for overseas service won…
Zelda D’Aprano’s Equal Pay protest
October 13, 2021
On 21 October 1969, legendary union activist Zelda D’Aprano chained herself to the doors of…
West Gate Bridge collapse
October 13, 2021
Today we commemorate one of the worst industrial disasters in Australia’s history: the collapse of…