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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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Stolt Australia

A short documentary about the MUA's fight to stop a vessel being registered offshore and the crew sacked.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

Anti-strike legislationAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUCayman IslandsGlobalisationHobart - TasmaniaJob insecurityJohn Howard GovernmentMaritimeMaritime Union of AustraliaStolt AustraliaStrike orgainsationStrikesUnionsWaterside workersWorking classWorkplace deregulation

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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The Great Strike (1917)

This is a restored and reconstituted version of a silent documentary about the 1917 Great Strike.

Film Topics:

RailwaysStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

A. W. BuckleyAmalgamated Railway and Tramway Service AssociationAnti-strike legislationAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyCarl WillisClass struggleClass warClaud ThompsonCoal miningComradeshipEnergyEveleigh Railway WorkshopsGreat Strike of 1917Industrial Workers of the WorldJohn KavanaghMaritimeMiners FederationNew South WalesNew South Wales PoliceNew South Wales RailwaysNSW Labor CouncilPoliticsRailwaysRailways - Australia - HistoryRailways - EmployeesRailways UnionRandwick Tram ShedsStrikesSurry Hills Citizens LeagueSydney Cricket GroundSydney FerriesTaronga ParkThe Domain - Sydney - NSWTrades HallTransportationUnionsWagesWalter WearneWaterside workersWollongongWomenWorking classWorkplace relationsWorld War One

Film Type:

Archival footageDocumentary - Short
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The Great Strike 1917

A documentary feature recounting the history of the Great Strike of 1917.

Film Topics:

RailwaysStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

Anti-strike legislationAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Labor PartyBen ChifleyCarriageworks - SydneyClass struggleClass warCoal miningComradeshipEnergyEveleigh Railway WorkshopsGreat Strike of 1917MaritimeMateshipMervyn Flanagan murderNew South WalesNew South Wales RailwaysPoliticsRailway constructionRandwick Tram ShedsRandwick Tramway WorkshopReginald WearnSteam powerStrikesTrades HallTransportationUnionsUnited KingdomWaterside workersWorking classWorld War One

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Wharfies

A documenting charting the history of the Waterside Workers Federation from 1902 to the 1980s.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

44 hour weekAnti warAnti-strike legislationApartheid - South AfricaAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyBruce GovernmentCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipConscriptionDepressionsEntitlementsHealth & safetyIndonesian independenceInternational Transport Workers FederationKeith GowMaritimePaid HolidaysPensionsPig iron black ban JapanPovertyRobert MenziesShippingSick paySocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnion InternationalismUnionsVietnam WarWagesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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