The Australian waterfront dispute of 1998 was an event in Australian industrial relations history, in which the Patrick Corporation undertook a restructuring of their operations for the purpose of dis
Picket line at Swanson Dock, Melbourne
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The Maritime Union of Australia is a division of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union that represents stevedores, seafarers, offshore oil and gas workers, professional divers and sh
1998 Australian waterfront dispute
…its workforce and locking out the workers of the workplace after the restructuring had taken place, with many of these workers members of the dominant Maritime Union of Australia. The resulting dismissal and locking out of their unionised workforce was supported by the Howard government. Major events in the dispute occurred in…
An early banner of the Sydney Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation.