Monday, August 4, 2008

Industrial Conflict

Pilot's Strike:
One of the worst and most costly industrial disputes in Australia's history was the Pilot's Strike of 1989:
http://www.vision.net.au/~apaterson/aviation/pd89_document.htm

Patrick's v.Wharfies:
The MUA was involved in another major Australian IR conflict, here's part of their story: http://www.mua.org.au/war/.
Ofcourse, that's one perspective, here's a response to War on the Waterfront: http://www.cpa.org.au/booklets/mua.pdf

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It looks like the pilots strike had massive implications for the whole community. Imagine if the pilots of today planned a strike? It would be even worse, although, this time around, the engineers would probably strike again as well. Can you put a value on flying safely? Especially in comparison to flying dangerously? Flying sure beats a ship. Although maybe the environment would thank us if we flew less often.

Anonymous said...

The Pilots dispute is ridiculous. In search of a 24% pay rise and normal working hours? Your dreaming. They get paid alot more than normal businessmen who work those hours. And the public relies on them every day...ridiculous

Anonymous said...

The Pilots dispute is ridiculous. In search of a 24% pay rise and normal working hours? Your dreaming. They get paid alot more than normal businessmen who work those hours. And the public relies on them every day...ridiculous

Anonymous said...

Thanks Mr Nelson. I'd strongly recommend the former of these two sites for anyone ressearching the Pilots' Strike; the information is of great depth and detail.

Anonymous said...

I've found that some of the most informative websites have been Newspaper reports on the courier mail, sunday mail etc websites.
Zoe