• The Waihi miners' strike was a major strike action in 1912 by gold miners in the New Zealand town of Waihi. It is widely regarded as the most significant...
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  • Miners' strikes are when miners conduct strike actions. List of strikes History of coal mining in the United States https://www.bls...
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  • industrial worker who rose to prominence for his role and death in the Waihi miners' strike. To date he is one of the only two people to die in an industrial...
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    labor strikes by size List of miners' strikes List of worker deaths in United States labor disputes Streetcar strikes in the United States Strikes during...
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    Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town. The town is at the foot...
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  • remembered for its anti-trade union stance in the Waihi miners' strike of 1912 and a dockworkers' strike the following year. It governed during World War...
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  • In 1912 he co-authored a pamphlet about the Waihi miners' strike The Tragic Story of the Waihi Strike with Harry Holland and Robert Samuel Ross. He...
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    Government formed. Waihi miners' strike. Malcolm Champion becomes first New Zealander to win an Olympic gold medal. 1913 Waterfront strikes in Auckland and...
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    New Zealand Political history of New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi Waihi miners' strike 1951 waterfront dispute 1981 Springbok Tour Rogernomics Ruthanasia...
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  • Teddy Dye (category New Zealand miners)
    Blacklisted after the 1912 Waihi miners' strike, he broke in a dairy farm from the bush for eight years before returning to the Waihi gold mines. On 29 July...
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    theatre, and a co-operative store, and in supporting miners in New Zealand in the 1912 Waihi miners' strike. The Union theatre slowly fell into disrepair following...
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    Brunner Denniston Lawrence Lyell Millerton Ōkārito Thames Waiuta Waihi miners' strike Oil and gas industry in New Zealand Hydraulic fracturing in New Zealand...
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  • New Zealand Federation of Labour (1909) (category 1913 labor disputes and strikes)
    Zealand. The Waihi Trade Union of Workers was involved with the Federation. The Federation helped support the 1912 Waihi Miners Strike. Member unions...
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  • born. Soon afterward, the labour movement went through the 1912 Waihi miners' strike, a major industrial disturbance prompted by radicals in the union...
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  • (union worker) (1881–1912), Australian unionist who died in the Waihi miners' strike of 1912 Fred Evans (comedian) (1889–1951), British music hall and...
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    Zealand's industrial history: Fred Evans, killed in 1912 in the Waihi miners' strike, Christine Clarke, the wife of a picketing worker struck by a car...
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    the 1912 Goldminers' Strike in Waihi, New Zealand. The script was a finalist for the 2016 Adam NZ Play Award. The Waihi strike was the first union action...
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  • for the new party were nevertheless high. Later the same year, the Waihi miners' strike occurred. The labour movement was split, with hard-liners praising...
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    New Zealand Federation of Labour, which he represented at Waihi during the Waihi miners' strike of 1912. He moved to Wellington, the country's capital,...
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  • against "socialism" with its responses to a number of notable strikes — the Waihi miners' strike, led by left-wing "Red Fed" unions which Massey condemned...
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    "Red Federation"). In 1912, the labour movement went through the Waihi miners' strike, a major industrial disturbance prompted by radicals in the union...
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  • Wade, a police officer who was shot 100 years prior in the 1912 Waihi miners' strike. "NZ Police Museum to display restored 1980s Mitsubishi police car...
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    Bill Parry (politician) (category Australian miners)
    New Zealand. Parry was a miner at Waihi and Secretary of the Waihi Miners' Union and president of the Waihi Amalgamated Miners' and Workers' Union from...
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    campaigners. Premier William Massey's "heavy-handed" suppression of the Waihi miners' strike prompted another attempt at unity in 1913. This time, the Socialists...
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  • (union worker) (1881–1912), Australian unionist who died in the Waihi miners' strike of 1912 Fred Evans (philosopher) (born 1944), American continental...
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    highly active in the Auckland trade unions and was involved in the Waihi miners' strike. Way was secretary of the Auckland Waterside Workers' Union and president...
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  • called on the miners to 'stand and fight', and after the death of Fred Evans in a skirmish between police and striking miners at Waihi in November 1912...
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    Zealand soldier's experiences during the Gallipoli campaign, and the Waihi miners' strike of 1912. His best-known work appears on the cover of Michael King's...
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    Harry Holland (section Waihi)
    overshadowed by industrial action in Waihi. At the time of Holland's arrival, Waihi was descending into chaos. A bitter miners' strike, the most significant industrial...
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  • Mackenzie. April – Pelorus Jack is seen for the last time. May – Waihi miners' strike commences. 10 July – William Massey sworn in as Prime Minister after...
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