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Producing the news during the October 1944 lockout

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: not known
dc.coverage.spatialSydney, New South Wales
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-24T05:37:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T10:16:29Z
dc.date.available2009-09-24T05:37:04Z
dc.date.available2011-01-05T10:16:29Z
dc.date.createdOct 1944
dc.identifierN59-1911-2323
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/48603
dc.description.abstractIn 1944 staff at Sydney newspapers The Herald, The Telegraph, The Sun and The Mirror struck for a 40-hour week. The Australian Council of Trade Unions lodged a claim for a 40-hour week in 1946 and, two years later, the case was won. The 40-hour week began on 1 January 1948.
dc.format.extent8cm x 10.5cm
dc.format.mediumphotograph
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian Journalists' Association
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University
dc.subject.otherAustralian Journalists' Association (1911-1991); trade unions; newspapers; labour disputes; strikes
dc.titleProducing the news during the October 1944 lockout
dc.typeImage
dc.rights.holdercopyright expired
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