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Amongst Equals

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

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1892 economic bust 1949 National Coal Strike 1966 Gurindji Strike 1986 Robe River dispute 8 hour day Accord Anti-strike legislation Asbestos mining Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Australian Labor Party Automation Bob Hawke Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) Green bans Clarrie O’Shea Coal mining Communism Conscription Dalfram Dispute of 1938 Depressions Edna Ryan Equal pay for women Gold rush Great Strike of 1917 Health & safety Jack Mundey Jim Comerford Joh Bjelke-Petersen Multiculturalism Port Kembla steel workers Poverty Riverland Cannery campaign Robert Menzies Rothbury Lockout Shearers Strike of 1891 Tailoresses Unions Vietnam War Waterside Workers Federation Wave Hill Walk-Off Whitlam Labor Government Women Working class Working conditions Zelda D’Prano

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Documentary - Feature

Friends and Enemies

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

Film Topics:

Energy and Electricity Politics Strikes Unions

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1985 South East Queensland Electricity Board strike Anti-strike legislation Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Electrical Electrical Trades Union Energy Joh Bjelke-Petersen Queensland Strike orgainsation Strikes Unions University of Queensland Vince Lester Women Women's Auxiliary Working class Working conditions

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Documentary - Feature

Stolt Australia

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

Film Topics:

Maritime Unions

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Anti-strike legislation Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Cayman Islands Globalisation Hobart - Tasmania Job insecurity John Howard Government Maritime Maritime Union of Australia Stolt Australia Strike orgainsation Strikes Unions Waterside workers Working class Workplace deregulation

Film Type:

Documentary - Short

The Great Strike (1917)

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

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Railways Strikes Unions

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A. W. Buckley Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association Anti-strike legislation Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Carl Willis Class struggle Class war Claud Thompson Coal mining Comradeship Energy Eveleigh Railway Workshops Great Strike of 1917 Industrial Workers of the World John Kavanagh Maritime Miners Federation New South Wales New South Wales Police New South Wales Railways NSW Labor Council Politics Railways Railways - Australia - History Railways - Employees Railways Union Randwick Tram Sheds Strikes Surry Hills Citizens League Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Ferries Taronga Park The Domain - Sydney - NSW Trades Hall Transportation Unions Wages Walter Wearne Waterside workers Wollongong Women Working class Workplace relations World War One

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Archival footage Documentary - Short

The Great Strike 1917

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

Film Topics:

Railways Strikes Unions

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Anti-strike legislation Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Australian Labor Party Ben Chifley Carriageworks - Sydney Class struggle Class war Coal mining Comradeship Energy Eveleigh Railway Workshops Great Strike of 1917 Maritime Mateship Mervyn Flanagan murder New South Wales New South Wales Railways Politics Railway construction Randwick Tram Sheds Randwick Tramway Workshop Reginald Wearn Steam power Strikes Trades Hall Transportation Unions United Kingdom Waterside workers Working class World War One

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature

Wharfies

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

Film Topics:

Maritime Unions

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44 hour week Anti war Anti-strike legislation Apartheid - South Africa Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Bruce Government Communism Communist Party Comradeship Conscription Depressions Entitlements Health & safety Indonesian independence International Transport Workers Federation Keith Gow Maritime Paid Holidays Pensions Pig iron black ban Japan Poverty Robert Menzies Shipping Sick pay Social justice Socialism Strikes Sydney Unemployment Union Internationalism Unions Vietnam War Wages Waterside workers Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Working class Working conditions

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Documentary