Selected Events in Trade Union History Victorian Metal Trades Dispute (1946 - 1947)
- From
- 1946
Victoria - To
- 1947
- Functions
- Industrial Dispute
Summary
Engineer's strike covering all unions involved in the metal trade. Seeking a reduction in working hours, and an increase in wages, which had been frozen throughout the period of the Second World War. The six-month dispute, involves overtime bans, a lockout by metal trade employers and a full-scale strike by the Amalgamated Engineering Union with support from other unions, was eventually resolved when the Arbitration Court gave a decision favourable to the unions.
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Sheridan, Tom, 'Labour v. Labor: The Victorian metal trades Dispute of 1946-47', Labour History, vol. 24, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1973, pp. 176-225. Details
Bruce A. Smith
Created: 14 January 2002, Last modified: 4 February 2002