Australian Waterfront Dispute 1998
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- The Australian waterfront dispute of 1998 or "The Patrick's Dispute" as it's widely known as was a watershed event in Australian industrial relations history, in which the Patrick Corporation undertook an illegal restructuring of their operations for the purpose of increasing the productivity of their workforce.
This dispute involved Patrick Corporation and in particular Patrick CEO Chris Corrigan locking out their workers after the restructuring had taken place, with many of these workers members of the dominant Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). The resulting dismissal and locking out of their unionised workforce was supported and backed by the then Australian Liberal / National Coalition Government.
Major events in the dispute occurred in four major ports, where the Patrick Corporation had significant operations, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle and Sydney. It revolved around attempts by Patrick Corporation and the federal government to improve efficiency on Australia's wharves; primarily by reducing staffing numbers and the power of the Maritime Union of Australia.
The case went before the Federal Court with Justice North finding in favour of the Maritime Union of Australia. He found that the company had deliberately restructured their corporate structure with the sole intent to dismiss their unionised workforce. The company with the support of the government appealed this decision to the full bench of the Federal Court which upheld Justice North's earlier decision. The company appealed to the High Court of Australia with the government's support. The full bench of the High Court found once again in the MUA's favour.
MUA Here To Stay!
Militant and class aware unions are effective unions. No wonder the government represses them.
Thank you women of the water front..🇸🇭🙏🌹
20 years next year April the 7th we all should have an a rememberence day for the ones that didn't make it
As we should also have a remembrance day for those on the land at the time who would have worked twice the hours of a waterside workers, worked on borrowed money to grow and produce the primary produce that keep these blokes employed, the blokes that watched their new header being dropped in the water because they went to watch it being unloaded. The blokes and their family's who were sent to the wall because of the unions feathering their own nest.
I cant quote how many took their own life after busting a gut for years with the bank knocking on their door. Some are just too blind to see.
Thank you for what you all did. Amazing.
Great upload, cheers.
What was the series or movie based on the sydney wharfies from 80s I 5hink ?
Great video MUA here to stay
It's now 22 years since this dog act,"MUA HERE TO STAY""
⚓️⚓️⚓️Mua🤙🤙🤙
Still fighting the dogs on the waterfront everyday ... only together do we stay in the fight... in unity
@@mataafa1 This photo of this fat scab sitting here was taken at Maritime Wharf in Brisbane, it was roughly just under the Gateway Bridge when it was being built, for your info
@@dashaB-sl4pu I did not know that ... I’ve been on waterfront for 10 years myself but my grandfather was a wharfie for 22 years and a seaman for 20 years lost his leg on the docks crushed while working a break bulk load
@@mataafa1 You started when I finished, it's a small world, they're some real ignorant cretins floating around here
This is the day pa lost his job 😢
Great doco
Great Fight!
Turning that ship back .... powerful
MUA Here to Stay!
Cheap crews .cheap labor unseaworthy ships under FOC its costing us jobs and money,where have our ships gone from Australia we dont have many with aussie crews today they all overseas crews ..Bring back the Aussie ships with aussie crews and companys ,we will all be happy Australian Government should stand by shipping companys in Australia not overseas companys ,look at the cruise industry there are some 27 cruise liners leave Sydney every year and not one of them has an Australia crew on them why not is my question??
The only way it will happen is voting the LNP and that dummy hanson out
Scabs, Strikebreakers and Pigs. The Big Three!
as i recall
john w howard was george w bush minister,
Howards Handiwork.
And replacing Howard with Rudd worked out so well 🤣🤣
Howard lost his seat of Bennelong!!
My dad worked as security for Stevedores, ask him how bloody peaceful they were, they were not. He almost got his fingers removed by tomahawk trying the hold the gates closed
Tell it to Howard and Reith!
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This is why the car industry in Australia went bust. Everyone got their fair wages and double bubble on sundays, but no1 had a job.
I'd love to hear how australian factory workers could have been expected to live on wages in the asia and not live in poverty. But i guess you can just spout the talking points of polis who 6 figures.
@roger murtaugh You're a total ignorant LNP wanker
Interesting then how the company profits were increasing when they closed then...
@@52thephotoshop Australia is more than capable for the manufacturing industry to exist here, its just that corporate executives only care about the bottom line, if they had it 100% their way, they would love to pay nothing to their workers and remunerate them with a loaf of bread. To these corporate psychopaths, no amount of profit margin is good enough, they always want more.
Your delusional
The car industry failed as the car makers wanted it to fail ..
Bunch of sooks
Another ignorant dunce, dipshit
@@dashaB-sl4pu i walk on my own 2 feet
Show yah face gutless coward.