Thanks, Jill.
Makes sense now (and all too familiar).
Robin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jill Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: Union songs
> on 22/5/02 7:09 PM, Robin Hamilton at [log in to unmask]
wrote:
>
> > This has absolutely nothing to do with anything, but I can't resist
posting
> > it:
> >
> > http://www.crixa.com/muse/unionsong/u047.html
> >
> > Could one of the Australians on the list please explain the references
to
> > me?
>
> Hi Robin,
>
> There was a four-month action between the the Maritime Union of Australia
> (MUA) Patrick Stevedores in the late 1990s which was one of the most
> significant industrial disputes of the 1990s in Australia. At stake were
not
> just the jobs of 1,400 wharfies but the Howard Government's entire
> industrial agenda which included smashing the MUA by introducing non-union
> labour onto wharves. The Government's action failed, by the way, although
> many unionists lost their jobs and the casualisation of the wharfs moved
on
> apace. Boss cockie of Patricks was Chris Corrigan, a much-reviled
character.
>
> Cheers,
> Jil
>
>
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