Australia

Australia: Virgin owes staff millions

Australia: Virgin Blue could be forced to pay millions of dollars in back pay to ground staff after it left a shift allowance out of the pay packets of its ground handlers and guest services staff from August 2000 until October 2004.

Melbourne tram dispute and lockout 1990 - anarcho-syndicalism in practice

The history of the January-February 1990 tramways dispute in Melbourne, Australia which saw…

Australia - 200 days on picket line for Boeing workers

Boeing maintenance engineers in Williamtown, Newcastle marked their 200th day on the picket line on the 17th December.

Melbourne fare evasion against the Iraq war

Curlewis, Richard, 1917-2002

A biography of Australian advocate of workers' control, Richard Curlewis.

Barker, Tom, 1887-1970

After emigrating to New Zealand and joining the IWW, Tom Barker became an organiser for the syndicalist union, he organised the Auckland general…

Italian civilian internees in South Australia, c 1942

Carmagnola, Francesco, 1900-1986

A short biography of Italian-Australian anarchist and anti-fascist, Francesco "Frank" Carmagnola.

Boris Franteschini

Franteschini, Boris, 1914-1986

A short biography of Italian anarchist active in Australia, Boris Franteschini.