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home / archives / 1979 / 22nd June

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All out!

Always celebrated in Australia on the second weekend in June, the Queen's Birthday holiday weekend had passed. The following week saw many threats of strikes as campaigns were under way for unpaid maternity leave, a campaign for the thirty-eight hour week for many unions including the Metal Trades and a transport stoppage loomed.