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Comment by Don Sutherland on November 8, 2010 at 12:57

Mark, sorry for the delay in reply to your suggestions regarding the Pilbara and Wattie Creek strike songs. Looking forward to listening to them soon. We should push forward these songs in the light of the union - aboriginal community jobs and development pacts.

Comment by Raj Gill on October 20, 2010 at 13:10

Britain at Work 1945-95 oral history project meeting
From: Roraima Joebear
rjoebear@historytalk.org To: rjoebear@historytalk.org
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:03
AttachmentB@W_meeting_9th_Dec.pdf

BRITAIN at WORK 1945-95 Oral History Project

HISTORYtalk invites you to a meeting about the Greater West

London part of the project on Thursday 9th December at 6.30pm.
What the meeting will be about:

* an opportunity to hear reports from volunteers and interviewees

about the 40 interviews we have done in 2010, for example from

Kodak, London Transport, banking, engineering.

* a presentation about our latest research on greater west London by

Rose Vilbr.

* an outline of the TUC library Collections plans for the B@W

website by Chris Coates.


* a chance to discuss the 5 boroughs mobile exhibition and the

planning of a conference in spring 2011.

The meeting will be held in the Community Room at HISTORYtalk

premises which is at Notting Hill Methodist Church, 240 Lancaster

Road, London W11 4AH. Please use side entrance alongside the

church and press the bell marked HISTORYtalk. Please do not use

front entrance of the church.


Tube: Ladbroke Grove. Bus: 23, 52, 452, 295,

228, 7


Tel 020 7792 2282

Email info@historytalk.org

Website www.historytalk.org



Refreshments will be available.

Please let us know in advance if you will be

attending.

Thank you.



Roraima Joebear

HISTORYtalk

240 Lancaster Road

London W11 4AH

020 7792 2282

www.historytalk.org



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Comment by Mark Gregory on October 15, 2010 at 10:44

Corey and Don
there two songs commenting on the 1946 Pilbara strike by Aboriginal workers one, a poem, by Dorothy Hewett (http://unionsong.com/u399.html) written at the time and one written earlier this year by Aboriginal singer/songwriter Shane Howard (http://unionsong.com/u670.html). Bothe are called Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeod

There is also a song written about the Aboriginal Wattie Creek strike in the 1960s by Aboriginal songwriter Kev Carmody and his mate Paul Kelly ... the famous From Little Things Big Things Grow (http://unionsong.com/u036.html) Both of these strikes played a critical part in Australian history and both were supported by by unions. The Pilbara Strike was well supported by the Fremantle Branch of the Seamen's Union of Australia and the Wattie Creek sit in by the Darwin Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation. They are good places to start I think.

Comment by Peter HJ on September 18, 2010 at 3:43

Hmmm... 100 million go on strike in India. Is this the biggest strike ever? Any of you union history buffs know? http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=23927&l=2

Comment by Don Sutherland on September 12, 2010 at 14:39

Here is a link to a review of an important new book about Percy Brookfield, a great socialist politician in Australia in the early part of the twentieth century: http://chriswhiteonline.org/2010/09/conviction-politics/

Comment by Peter HJ on September 4, 2010 at 1:48

There's been an interesting discussion recently on the New Unionism group about the whole reform vs revolution thing. It's an age old question with deep historical roots. I've just set up a separate group to discuss this (http://unionbook2.ning.com/group/reformorrevolution)... thought it might be relevant to let you know here.

Comment by Don Sutherland on September 3, 2010 at 14:01

Union history people will find Peter Warman's review of Pal Mason's book at the Main Page really worthwhile, and also the book. I have also commented another great book on working class history: "The Many Headed Hydra".

Comment by Peter HJ on September 1, 2010 at 21:15

I've been investigating the 'New Unionism' of the late 19th century -- the movement that basically established the form of industrial/general unions. It's an intriguing time, leading up to the big communist/social democrat split, with lots of parallels with the present. Have managed to get my hands on a digital version of a text called The New Unionism by Andre Tridon (1913). Long out of print. Happy to email folks a copy after I've done a bit of post-scan tidying up. Just send me yr email to phj@newunionism.net

Comment by Don Sutherland on August 30, 2010 at 13:31

Corey, I can suggest that you make contact with Kevin Tory at the Trade Union Committee for Aboriginal Rights? My apologies if you already have done so.
Another starting point might be the book and documentary about the Aboriginal sit down strike in the Pilbara just after the second world war. The key whitefella in that was Don McLeod and his biography and story of the strike is worth searching for - libraries, decent second hand bookshops, and left wing individuals around Adelaide. Regarding South Australia, there are some short references in Jim Moss' "The Sound of Trumpets".

Comment by Corey Ah Chee on August 30, 2010 at 4:03

I am working on a project regarding the "history of Trade Union involvement with Aboriginal issues" How would I find this information out?

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