Film Tag: Automation

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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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An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Roger Wilson

On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AutomationBritish merchant shipsCommunist PartyDepressionsMaritimeMerchant seamenNavyNorwegian merchant shipsRoger WilsonSeaman's UnionStrikesWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

InterviewOn Camera Oral History
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Blood On The Coal

A feature length documentary charting the history and contemporary challenges for mineworkers on the Queensland coalfields.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalUnions

Film Tags:

1949 National Coal Strike1952 Collinsville Staydown Strike1954 Collinsville Gas Outburst1972 Box Flat Disaster1975 Kianga Disaster1986 Moura Disaster1994 Moura Disaster2012 BHP DisputeAutomationBen ChifleyBlackwaterBlair Athol DisputeClass struggleClass warCoal baronsCoal miningCold WarCollinsvilleCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipDepressionsDigger MurphyFamilyFIFOGasGordonstone DisputeHealth & safetyHousing Tax RevoltImmigrantsIpswichIpswich coal fieldsJohn HowardJohn Howard GovernmentMachanizationMateshipMine accidentsMine explosionsMiners FederationMiners Memorial Day Service CollinsvilleMiningMount Mulligan DisasterPoliticsPovertyQueenslandSocialismStrike orgainsationStrikesUnemploymentUnionsWagesWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace deregulationWorkplace relationsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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For Love or Money

A documentary feature that charts the history of Australian women in the workplace and their struggles.

Film Topics:

Textiles and ClothingWomen

Film Tags:

1918 Minimum wage for women1934 Wonthaggi strike1972 Whitlam electionAboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAustraliaAutomationClothing industryConvictsDepressionsDomestic servantsEducationEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementGreat Strike of 1917Indentured labourIndigenousIndigenous discriminationManufacturingNursingPoliticsPovertySocial justiceStrikesTailoresses unionTextiles and ClothingUnemploymentUnionsVietnam WarWhitlam Labor GovernmentWollongong steelworks - womenWomenWomen driving tramsWomen's AuxiliaryWomen's Militant GroupWomen's workplace rightsWonthaggiWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace reformWorkplace relationsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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The Future Of Work

A video about the impact of the gig economy and automation on transport workers.

Film Topics:

Transportation

Film Tags:

AustraliaAutomationEuropean UnionGig EconomyJob insecurityPaid HolidaysRedundancySick payTransport Workers Union (TWU)TransportationUnited StatesWagesWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Video - Corporate
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