Film Tag: Waterside Workers Federation

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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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Banners Held High

A short documentary about trade union banners in the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Unions

Film Tags:

Anti warConstructionMaritime Union of AustraliaMay DayMerchant seamenMiningNuclearPeace movementPensionsRoad worksShippingSydneyTramwaysUnionsWagesWaterside Workers FederationWomenWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Bones Of Building

A short documentary about safety in the construction industry in the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Building and ConstructionHealth and SafetyUnions

Film Tags:

Alex WrenAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUBob EvansBuilding Workers Industrial Union of Australia BWIUBWIUComradeshipConstructionDick HackettGeorge SharmanHealth & safetyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeNorma DisherPat ClancySydneyUnionsWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorkers compensationWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Celebration of the Life of Tas Bull

Tribute video for Tas Bull, General Secretary of the Waterside Workers Federation 1984 to 1993.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

Anders BulAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUCubaDepressionsDr. Alf LiebholdGreg CombetJim HealyJohn CleaverMaritimeMaritime Union of AustraliaMerchant seamenOrganising Workers TrainingPaddy CrumlinPoliticsSally McManusSeaman's UnionSocialismTas BullThe Hungry MileUnionsWaterside Workers FederationWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Video - Tribute
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Concrete City

A documentary about urban development in working class Pyrmont on Sydney Harbour.

Film Topics:

HousingUrban development

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyCity West Development CorporationClass struggleClass warEvictionGentrificationHousingHousing insecurityKirribilliPoliticsPovertyPyrmontUrban developmentWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary
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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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Film-Work

A documentary about the filmmakers of the Waterside Workers Film Unit.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUClass struggleClass warCoal miningCold WarCommunismCommunist PartyDepressionsFood insecurityHewers of CoalHousingHousing insecurityJock LevyKeith GowMiners FederationNorma DisherNovember VictoryPensionsPensions for VeteransPoliticsPovertyPyrmontRobert MenziesThe Hungry MilesThe New TheatreUnionsUnited KingdomUnited StatesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary
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Four’s A Crowd

A comedy highlighting the negative affect of bad behaviour by dock workers.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyJock LevyKeith GowNorma DisherUnionsWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Comedy Skit
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November Victory

A short documentary that charts the 1954 waterside workers strike.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Labor PartyBlack bansCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipDepressionsDoc EvattEureka StockadeFamilyGreat Strike of 1917Jack Lair SmithJim HealyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeMining communitiesNorma DisherNovember 1954 Waterside Workers StrikePovertyRecruitment Dispute 1954Robert MenziesRothbury LockoutShearers Strike of 1891ShippingSocial justiceSocialismStrike orgainsationStrikesSydneyUnionsWagesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWomenWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Pensions For Veterans

A short documentary that charts the Waterside Workers Federation's 1953 campaign to win pensions.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian ParliamentCanberraComradeshipDepressionsDuchie YoungHealth & safetyJim HealyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeNorma DisherParliament HousePensionsPensions for VeteransPovertyShippingSocial justiceSocialismStrike orgainsationStrikesSydneyTom NelsonUnionsWaterside workersWaterside Workers 1953 Pension disputeWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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The Hungry Miles

A short documentary that recounts the struggles of Australian waterside workers from the Great Depression to the 1950s.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyCanberraComradeshipDepressionsEureka StockadeFamilyFood insecurityHealth & safetyJim HealyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeMechanisationNorma DisherPovertyShippingSocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Think Twice

A short documentary about the dangers of electric welding for boilermakers.

Film Topics:

Health and SafetyManufacturing

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyBoilermakers’ Society of AustraliaBolier makingCockatoo IslandHealth & safetyKeith GowManufacturingMaritimeNorma DisherSydneyUnionsWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWeldingWomenWomen's workplace rightsWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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UMFA Amalgamation Video

A promotional video about union amalgamation.

Film Topics:

Unions

Film Tags:

1980 Junk Bonds Takeovers1986 Robe River disputeAustraliaBuilders Workers Industrial UnionBWIUCFMEUCoal miningConstructionFederated Engine Drivers and Firemens Association of Australasia FEDFAOperative Plasterers and Plaster Workers Federation of AustraliaPlasterersRailwaysStrikesThe Australian Timber and Allied Industries Union ATAIUTimber IndustryUnion amalgamationUnionsUnited Mineworkers Federation of Australia UMFAWagesWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Promotional Video
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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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WWF Film News No.1

A newsreel shot by the Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit about the 1956 Margins Dispute.

Film Topics:

MaritimeStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

American Utah Consolidated CompanyAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUBill HartnessDowding Street DepotJack RuleJim HealyKearney RockKeith GowMargins Dispute 1956MaritimeMatt MunroMelbourneMelbourne waterfrontNewcastleNorm WoodleyPort Kembla steel workersRed CrossRon MaxwellSt. Mary’sStan MoranStrike orgainsationStrikesSydneySydney Town HallTas BullTramwaysUnionsWagesWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWollongongWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Newsreel
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