Selected Events in Trade Union History Queensland Railway Strike (1948)
- From
- 1948
Queensland - To
- 1948
- Functions
- Strike
Summary
Workshop and running sheet tradesmen employed by the Queensland Railways Department went on strike in 1848. The reasons for the strike were over a long running dispute on how the state Arbitration Court dealt with claims. In particular how the Court failed to hear a claim lodged by the relevent unions from the previous year.
Archival resources
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
Published resources
Edited Books
- Murphy, D.J. (ed.), The Big Strikes, Queensland 1889-1965, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Queensland, 1983, 303 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Cribb, Margaret, 'State in Emergency: The Queensland Railway Strike of 1948', Labour History, vol. 24, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1973, pp. 225-248. Details
Bruce A. Smith
Created: 14 January 2002, Last modified: 7 February 2002