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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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Eight Hour Day At Tamworth 1916

A newsreel of the 1916 Labour Day parade in Tamworth New South Wales.

Film Topics:

Unions

Film Tags:

8 hour dayAustraliaLabour DayLabour Day ParadeNew South WalesSir Gerald StricklandTamworth - NSWUnionsWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War One

Film Type:

Newsreel
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Eight Hour Day Procession – Melbourne 1939

Footage of an Eight Hour Day procession through Melbourne in 1939.

Film Topics:

Unions

Film Tags:

40 Hour Week8 hour dayAnti warAnti-fascismAustraliaBlacksmiths Society of AustralasiaCost of livingHousing insecurityJob insecurityLabour DayLabour Day ParadeLiving conditionsMelbournePeace movementSocialismUnemploymentUnionsVictoriaWaterside Workers FederationWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Archival footage
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Life On The Picket

A documentary about life on the picket line during the Vickery coal mine strike in 1995.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

12 hour shifts8 hour dayAustralia - NSW - SydneyCessnockCessnock Memorial WallCFMEUCoal miningComradeshipFamilyJim ComerfordMateshipMelbourneMine accidentsStrike orgainsationStrikesSydneyUnionsVickery coal mineWorking conditionsWorkplace deregulationWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Trade Unions Celebrate Historic Occasion – Australian Diary

A newsreel of the 1955 Labour Day parade in Sydney.

Film Topics:

Unions

Film Tags:

8 hour dayAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyLabour DayLabour Day ParadeNew South WalesNew South Wales RailwaysRailwaysStone Masons SocietySydneyTransportationUnionsWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Newsreel
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Your Rights At Work: Worth Fighting For – Melbourne National Day of Action

A campaign video against Work Choices legislation.

Film Topics:

UnionsWorkplace Relations

Film Tags:

8 hour dayAnglican Bishop Philip HugginsAsbestos Disease FoundationAustraliaAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Labor PartyAustralian Workplace AgreementsBernie BantonBig BrotherBob HawkeBrian BoydBrian DaweCatholic Archbishop Francis CarrollCatholic Cardinal George PellChildcareChris HaywoodClericalCommissioner for Children Gillian CalvertConstructionConstruction Forestry Maritime Mining And Energy Union CFMEU - Mining & Energy DivisionDeborah ConwayDelivery driversEducationEdward ‘Coogan’ FrameFamilyFederation Square - MelbourneFlinders UniversityFrank CherryFred MooreGlobal UnionsGreg CombetHalina RobinsonHealth & safetyIndividual contractsJohn ClarkJohn DalzielJohn HowardJohn Howard GovernmentJohn RobertsonJune de LorenzoKim BeazleyMateshipMelbourneNew South WalesNursingProfessor Andrew StewartRabbi Jeremy LawrenceRailwaysReverend Dr Ann WansboroughRita MacNeilRudd Labor GovernmentSally McManusSalvation ArmySenator Bob BrownSenator Lyn AllisonSharan BurrowStrikeboundStrikesSydney Town HallTim BruneroTim FergusonTony MaherTrades Hall CouncilTransportationUnfair dismissalUnionsUnions NSWWaltzing MatildaWarehouse workerWatty DoigWilliam McInnesWork ChoicesWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace deregulationWorkplace reformWorkplace relationsYour Rights at Work campaign

Film Type:

Campaign VideoPromotional Video
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