Selected Events in Trade Union History Newcastle Steelworks Lockout (1943)
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- 1943
Newcastle, New South Wales - To
- 1943
- Functions
- Lockout
Summary
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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Journal Articles
- Eather, Warwick, 'BHP, the Intransigent Rank and File and the 1943 Lockout at the Newcastle Steelworks', Labour History, vol. 59, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1990, pp. 28-44. Details
Ross E. Elford
Created: 15 January 2002, Last modified: 7 February 2002