More than a century ago, strikes caused food shortages and led to violent clashes between police and workers. Above: Striking miners in 1921, the year that the national census had to be delayed.
CONTROVERSIAL Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has made a shocking plea to the Zanu-PF government to repeal a piece of legislation which criminalises the possession of gold without a valid licence from the authorities. Rushwaya, who represents the country's small-scale miners, is currently facing charges of attempting to smuggle six kilogrammes of the…
Fred Moore was born in Cobar in New South Wales, lived in Lithgow and came into the Illawarra many times to support different struggles before he moved to Dapto to work in Nebo Colliery and later Australian Iron & Steel mine (a subsidiary of BHP at the time). He was active in the NSW Miners Federation for more than 30 years. Aged 14, Fred started work in the mines in Western
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