Selected Events in Trade Union History
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Selected Events in Trade Union History
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Newcastle Steelworks Lockout (1943) |
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| Location: Newcastle, New South Wales | |
| On 15th December 1943, BHP Ltd began to retrench employees at its Newcastle Steelworks. On the 18th the company ignored an order from the New South Wales Industrial Commission to re-employ the retrenched workers and commenced a lockout. |
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002 Based on "Parties to the Award" published 1994. Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 29 June 2006 http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE1528b.htm |