P13 - Interview with Pat Mackie, Melbourne, 21 July 1988

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File P13

Content Summary:

Pat Mackie was an American merchant seaman, who joined the Industrial Workers of the World on the North American coast in 1934, and, at the time of interview, was still the accredited Delegate for the IWW in Australia. Mackie achieved notoriety as Chairman of the Mount Isa Section of the Australian Workers' Union during the infamous lockout of 1964-65, which divided both the nation and the labour movement. Despite, or perhaps because of, constant criticism of Mackie in the mainstream media, he retained the support of the workers of Mount Isa, who appreciated his militant and determined leadership of their resistance to the imposition of contract work and the abolition of hourly wage rates.

1 x 90 min. cassette, c. 90 mins.

Subjects:

Politics and government
Academic
History

Names:

Burgmann, Verity, FASS, Adjunct Professor of Politics

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