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Fremantle Lockout

A short documentary about the Fremantle Lockout in Western Australia.

Film Topics:

MaritimeStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

1998 Patrick Dispute1998 Webb Dock waterfront disputeFremantleKim BeazleyMaritimeMaritime Union of AustraliaPoliticsStrikesUnionsWaterside workersWestern AustraliaWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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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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Interview With Jack O’Shea

Interview footage with a miner about industrial turmoil on the NSW coalfields.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

Coal miningComradeshipConstruction Forestry Maritime Mining And Energy Union CFMEU - Mining & Energy DivisionDepressionsJack O’SheaMateshipMiners FederationNew South WalesRothbury LockoutStrikesUnemploymentUnionsWagesWorking conditionsWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Interview
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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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Lockout

A documentary about the violent Rothbury Lockout on the Northern District coalfields of NSW in 1929-30.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaBasher gangsClass struggleCoal miningComradeshipConstruction Forestry Maritime Mining And Energy Union CFMEU - Mining & Energy DivisionDepressionsFamilyJim ComerfordMateshipMiners FederationNationalizationNew South WalesNorman BrownPoliticsPovertyRothbury LockoutSocial justiceSocialismStrikesUnemploymentUnionsWagesWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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Painters And Dockers Strike

A short documentary about the painters and dockers strike at Sydney's Naval Shipyards.

Film Topics:

MaritimeStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

Australia - NSW - SydneyFederated Ship Painters and Dockers UnionGarden Island Naval DockyardMalcolm Fraser GovernmentPainters and Dockers 1976 Naval Dockyard strikeRostersStrike orgainsationStrikesSydneyUnionsWagesWaterside workersWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Peko Pilbara Pirates

A short documentary about the 1986 Robe River iron ore mine dispute in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Film Topics:

MiningStrikes

Film Tags:

AccordAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Manufacturing Workers' UnionAustralian Workers' Union AWUCharles CopemanComradeshipElectrical Trades UnionFamilyFIFOHealth & safetyIndividual contractsIndustrial Relations Commission of Western AustraliaIron ore miningMiningMining communitiesPeko WallsendPoliticsRobe RiverRobe River DisputeSimon CreanStrikesTrades and Labor Council of WAUnionsWestern AustraliaWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace deregulationWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Sunday Too Far Away

A feature film set against the backdrop of the 1956 Shearers Strike.

Film Topics:

AgricultureStrikes

Film Tags:

AgricultureAustraliaClass struggleClass warComradeshipMateshipNew South WalesQueenslandShearers Strike 1956Sheep shearingSocial justiceStrikesUnionsWorking class

Film Type:

Film - Feature Narrative
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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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The Great Strike Newsreels (1917)

Three silent newsreels on the Great Strike of 1917.

Film Topics:

RailwaysStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyClass struggleClass warEveleigh Railway WorkshopsFamilyGreat Strike of 1917MaritimeNew South WalesNew South Wales RailwaysPoliticsRailwaysRailways - Australia - HistoryRailways - EmployeesRailways UnionRandwick Tram ShedsStrikesThe Domain - Sydney - NSWUnionsWagesWaterside workersWomenWorking classWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Archival footageNewsreel
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Union Communication Facts

A short film about union delegates and the importance of obtaining facts when communicating about disputes.

Film Topics:

StrikesUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyKeith GowStrikesUnionsWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Film - Short
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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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