Sydney bus drivers defy union and take wildcat action A six-hour strike by 130 bus drivers in western Sydney on Monday morning, carried out in defiance of…
Baggage handlers take wildcat action at Melbourne Airport Thousands of travellers faced delays at Melbourne Airport yesterday (14th February) after 45 Qantas…
Australia: Journalists to strike against job cuts After the announcement that 550 jobs would be cut by Fairfax Media in Australia and New Zealand on August 26th, journalists at The Age (Melbourne, Australia) and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers have decided to go on strike until Monday.
Melbourne postal workers in wildcat strike Postal workers in Melbourne returned to work today after taking unofficial action yesterday (June 12th) against a bonus cut.
The Industrial Workers of the World in Australia - Ian Bedford A short critical, but generally sympathetic, assessment of the Australian Wobblies. From; Labour…
Memoirs of the I.W.W. [Australia] - Bill Beattie Recollections of struggles in the years around the First World War - by a former Australian Wobbly. From; Labour History no. 13, (Journal of the…
Mount Isa: the great Queensland strike - Bretta Carthey and Bob Potter Pamphlet by the UK Solidarity group on the 1964-1965 strike and lockout at the Mount Isa copper mine…
New Zealand: International solidarity as miners launch indefinite strike Australian miners refused to cross a picket line yesterday at the Spring Creek coal mine as…
Strike Across The Empire, 1925 - Baruch Hirson and Lorraine Vivian A fascinating and detailed account of a little known international seamens' strike in 1925, lasting…
The Chinese mining industry - cheaper lives mean cheaper coal; so Australian bosses threaten relocation Last week the Chinese media reported that on average one mining accident every week…
Australia: three-day lockout at Bridgestone ends Union members at the tyre maker, Bridgestone, in Salisbury, South Australia have returned to work after a three-day lockout without pay.
Duke, James Herriott, 1939-1992 A short biography of Australian anarchist poet, James Herriott Duke, who also lived in the UK.
