In 1941 workers carried out the first official hotel strike in Victoria by walking off the job at the Hotel Alexandra to demand an area for women workers to rest and change clothes.[3]
Strikes by dockworkers from 1945 to 1949 to prevent Dutch vessels from sailing to Indonesia during the Indonesian War of Independence, being nicknamed the Black Armada.
A July 1967 strike by hotel staff in four states led to the adoption of equal pay for equal work for women in the industry.[3]
1970s
1971 strike by seven rugby players against playing in the Australian national team during the Apartheid-era tour by the all-white South African Springboks.[8]
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