Australia's Labor War on the Docks

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Publisher:  Against the Current, Michigan, USA
Date Written:  01/07/1998
Year Published:  1998  
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX12800

THE BATTLE BETWEEN the Australian "wharfies" and the Patrick Stevedore company, backed by the right-wing coalition government of Liberal Prime Minister John Howard, became a test of strength not only with the National Maritime Union (MUA) but with a wide section of the working class.

Subject Headings

• Australia
• Labour History