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| Weipa Dispute | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 October 1995 – Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". 1995 |
| Location | |
| Methods | Strike action |
The Weipa Dispute was from 13 October to 1995.
Background
editHistory
editIn mid-October, [1]
Reactions
editIn popular culture
editPaddy Gorman, then editor of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union's journal Common Cause, published a book in 1996 titled Weipa: Where Australian unions drew their 'line in the sand' with CRA about the Dispute.[14]
References
edit- ^ Davis, Mark (23 October 1995). "80 on strike in CRA war". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Mason, Bill (14 November 1995). "Strike spreads over Comalco writs at Weipa". Green Left. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Jennifer (21 November 1995). "Weipa workers defend union rights". Green Left. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Way, Nicholas (27 November 1995). "Union solidarity over Weipa hides a split". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Aiken, Bob (11 December 1995). "Miners Strike Wins Widespread Support In Australia". The Militant. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Bull, Sue (12 December 1995). "Lessons from the Weipa struggle". Green Left. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "IRC ruling no cause for gloating". Australian Financial Review. 24 January 1996. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Vassilopoulos, James (25 June 1997). "Union renewal at Weipa". Green Left. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Floyd, Louise Willans (1 January 1999). "Weipa and the wharves: Australian strike law" (PDF). University of Tasmanian Law Review. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Fetter, Joel (1 December 2002). "The Strategic Use of Individual Employment Agreements: Three Case Studies". Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Peter (21 October 2015). "20 years after Weipa, the union movement must maintain that 'line in the sand'". ABC News. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Jackson, Carl (26 November 2015). "The Weipa strike: when 75 workers took on a mining giant". Red Flag. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Ross, Liz (1 January 2020). "Defending Unionism: The Weipa Dispute, 1995". Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Jennifer (28 February 1996). "Weipa: record of a strike". Green Left. Retrieved 20 November 2024.