Selected Events in Trade Union History Maritime Dispute (1998)
Patrick's Stevedoring Dispute
- From
- 1998
- To
- 1998
- Functions
- Industrial Dispute
Summary
The Maritime Union of Australia members strike when Patrick stevedoring, it is later found, unlawfully conspires to sack an entire workforce for being members of a union. Plans had been made to replace the workers with serving and former soldiers, trained in advance in Dubai. After two months an agreement is reached between the Union and Patrick, involving the dropping of all legal action against the company and their paying the expenses; Patrick also agrees not to seek to change key award conditions and to withdraw an application to the Industrial Relations Commission to reduce overtime and penalty rates.
Archival resources
The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program
Published resources
Books
- Butler, Sean and Wiegard, Leon, 1998 Maritime Dispute Archives: Finding Aid, ACTU for the 1998 Maritime Dispute Archive Steering Committee, Melbourne, 2001, 55 pp. Details
Ross G. Elford
Created: 27 December 2001, Last modified: 4 February 2002