Tennant Creek Miners Plan Work-in to Beat Sackings
SYDNEY: Workers at Tennant Creek Peko mine are planning a work in against Peko Mines Ltd plans to cut copper production and lay off workers, according…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining & the mines, 1975
33 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2
Mining Unions for Collective Bargaining on Log of Claims
SYDNEY: Unions covering the Australian coalmining industry are striving to secure an industrial agreement by direct negotiation with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National Industrial News Australia's Second-ever Colliery Work-in
SYDNEY: Workers at Nymboida mine, in northern NSW last week carried out Australia's second-ever colliery work in. They did their normal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nymboida miners resume work-in
SYDNEY: Workers at Nymboida colliery, near Grafton, resumed their work-in at the mine. Their original work-in, from February…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nymboida miners work-in wins
SYDNEY: Mineworkers at Nymboida colliery in northern NSW won a victory last week after stopping the mine's shutdown by two work-ins…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frazer Island Threatened by Mineral Sand Mining
Frazer Island is a unique sand mass of 665 square miles 100 miles north of Brisbane. The island is studded with brilliantly-clear fresh-water lakes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold Medal
WASHINGTON: Senator Henry Jackson was presented with the 1975 gold medal of the Judaic…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining Unions Stoppages Over Delay in Claims
SYDNEY: Combined mining unions have called national stopwork meetings for May 22 to protest lack of progress on their claims. The unions…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bike Riders Protest Sale and Mining of Uranium
In Canberra last week, bike riders from Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide were joined by local riders to form a group some 300 strong, to protest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fraser Is. Mining Lease Decision Wrong: Court
MELBOURNE: About 550 staff members at Monash University have been on strike for the past three weeks in support of a log of claims. It includes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Nymboida Story The work-ins that saved a coalmine Pete Thomas (for the Miners Federation)
The dramatic story of the work-in that saved a northern NSW mine and the jobs of its workers. Written by a distinguished industrial reporter and author of many books on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Unexpected Win Gold coast trip for lucky mum
No- one was more surprised than Mrs. E. Batten of Merrylands when she learned she had won a trip to the Gold Coast in a contest she had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work-in saved coalmine the Nymboida Story: The work-ins that saved a coalmine; by Pete Thomas (for the Miners' Federation) $1.00 from progressive, bookshops and Miners'
A current of enthusiasm runs through the booklet about the Nymboida work-in that captures the essence of the struggle. Not surprising, with Pete Thomas as the author…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners Call on Pay Adjustments
The Miners Federation, which is the major union in Australia's coalmining industry, has called on the Australian Government to reverse the attitude…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Occupy Press Office in Protest at False Report
WOLLONGONG: Over 300 Coalcliff miners last Thursday occupied the offices of the Illawarra Mercury to protest a lying attack on them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bjelke Blamed for Power Cuts to Aid the Coal Multi-nationals
The Queensland Government is deliberately engineering power rationing in order to proclaim a "state of emergency". Pretext for this is the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Bulli Miners Stay Solid, Defy Sack Notices
BULLI: South Bulli miners voted unanimously in support of the national Wage campaign despite dismissal notices for all 890 workers from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners in New Drive on Award Claims
SYDNEY: Mineworkers throughout Australia last week went into a new, tough offensive in support of their six- months long campaign for a new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Qld Unions Move to Ban Uranium Mining
BRISBANE: The Trades and Labor Council (TLC) by a narrow margin last week deferred consideration of a Trade Union Congress decision to ban "the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners invite Ministers to pits
SYDNEY: Mining unions have been ordered into a compulsory conference today (September 9) by the chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr…
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