Produced by Stick Together (Radio 3CR)

On the morning of the 29th of January 1998, Australians woke to find a radically different world. Overnight employees of Patrick’s Stevedoring at Webb Dock in Melbourne were locked out. The scab workers who replaced them, who largely had military backgrounds, wore masks and patrolled the perimeters with attack dogs. It later came out that the scab workers had been trained in a government supported and covert operation in Dubai. The workplace has become a warzone. Howard and Reith wanted to smash organised labour in Australia and it started with the Maritime workers.

This three-part documentary strives to understand the events of the Waterfront dispute in 1998. We talk with workers, activists and union officials to help us reflect on the ongoing reverberations of these events not only on the maritime industry, but also on Australian society.

This documentary will be played at 3CR on the following dates:

• Friday May 4th at 8.30 am (repeated on Sunday May 6th at 10am)
• Friday May 11th at 8.30 am (repeated on Sunday May 13th at 10am)
• Friday May 18th at 8.30 am (repeated on Sunday May 20th at 10am).

These documentaries are also available via webstreaming. Check out the website and follow the links.

To contact the producer, Colm McNaughton : 0432 504 531.

3CR Community Radio
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Po Box 1277, Collingwood, Victoria, 3066.
Telephone: 03 9419 8377.
www.3cr.org.au