Strikes

Harkness, Alistair

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31469

Title:	Strikes
Contributor(s):	Harkness, Alistair (author)
Publication Date:	2005
Open Access:	Yes
Handle Link:	https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31469
Open Access Link:	https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01436b.htm
Abstract:	Melbourne has a rich history of strike action, occurring regularly as part of an ongoing struggle between trade unions and employers. A conflict between newspaper proprietors and printers in 1857 saw a wage rise at the Argus, but the proprietors brought non-union labour from Great Britain, and many strikers lost their jobs. Wage rates at the Age were reduced in 1858 and the union was defeated. In 1882 tailoresses in Melbourne struck successfully against a reduction in pay in what may have been the first Australian strike by females. May 1903 saw a nine-day strike by railway employees, which ended in the face of the threat of non-union labour and a Railway Strikes Suppression Bill.
Publication Type:	Entry In Reference Work
Source of Publication:	The Encyclopedia of Melbourne, p. 1-2
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:	Melbourne, Australia
ISBN:	9780521842344 9780521842341
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020:	430302 Australian history
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020:	130703 Understanding Australia’s past
HERDC Category Description:	N Entry In Reference Work
Publisher/associated links:	https://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/history/regional-history-after-1500/encyclopedia-melbourne?format=HB&isbn=9780521842341
WorldCat record:	http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/865486765
Description:	This book was originally published in physical form, later made available online.
Appears in Collections:	Entry In Reference Work School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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