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Amongst Equals

Feature length documentary tracing the history of the Australian trade union movement.

Film Topics:

PoliticsUnionsWorking ConditionsWorkplace Relations

Film Tags:

1892 economic bust1949 National Coal Strike1966 Gurindji Strike1986 Robe River dispute8 hour dayAccordAnti-strike legislationAsbestos miningAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Labor PartyAutomationBob HawkeBuilders Labourers Federation (BLF) Green bansClarrie O’SheaCoal miningCommunismConscriptionDalfram Dispute of 1938DepressionsEdna RyanEqual pay for womenGold rushGreat Strike of 1917Health & safetyJack MundeyJim ComerfordJoh Bjelke-PetersenMulticulturalismPort Kembla steel workersPovertyRiverland Cannery campaignRobert MenziesRothbury LockoutShearers Strike of 1891TailoressesUnionsVietnam WarWaterside Workers FederationWave Hill Walk-OffWhitlam Labor GovernmentWomenWorking classWorking conditionsZelda D’Prano

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Friends and Enemies

Feature length documentary about the South East Electricity Board strike of 1985.

Film Topics:

Energy and ElectricityPoliticsStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

1985 South East Queensland Electricity Board strikeAnti-strike legislationAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUElectricalElectrical Trades UnionEnergyJoh Bjelke-PetersenQueenslandStrike orgainsationStrikesUnionsUniversity of QueenslandVince LesterWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Kemira – Diary Of A Strike

A documentary about the 1982 Kemira Colliery strike in Wollongong New South Wales.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalPoliticsUnions

Film Tags:

Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Labor PartyBHPBill HaydenBob HawkeCanberraCoal miningCoal TribunalHawke Labor GovernmentHewers of CoalKemira Colliery Strike 1982Malcolm FraserParliament HousePoliticsPovertyStrike orgainsationStrikesUnemploymentUnionsWollongongWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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Waterloo

A documentary about the battle to save an inner city working class area in Sydney from high rise development.

Film Topics:

HousingUnionsWendy Lowenstein

Film Tags:

Australian Labor PartyBuilders Labourers Federation (BLF) Green bansClass struggleClass warConstructionDepressionsDepressions 1890sEvictionHomelessnessHousingHousing insecurityMargaret BarryNew South WalesNew South Wales Housing CommissionPoliticsPovertyQueen ElizabethRedevelopmentSave WaterlooSir William McKellSydney Harbour BridgeUnemployed Workers UnionUnemploymentUnionsUrban developmentWaterloo - NSWWomenWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary
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