1938 Dalfram dispute

Dalfram dispute of 1938
Date15 November 1938 (1938-11-15) – 21 January 1939 (1939-01-21)
OutcomeWorkers returned to work "under protest"

The Dalfram dispute of 1938 (15 November 1938 – 21 January 1939) was a political industrial dispute at Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia protesting the export of pig iron from Australia to Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It became famous for providing the nickname of Pig Iron Bob to Attorney General Robert Menzies, later Prime Minister.[1][2]

  1. ^ White, Jon (1979). "The Port Kembla Pig Iron Strike of 1938". Labour History (79). Australian Society for the Study of Labour History: 63–77. doi:10.2307/27508384. JSTOR 27508384.
  2. ^ Mallory, Greg (1999). "The 1938 Dalfram Pig-iron Dispute and Wharfies Leader, Ted Roach". The Hummer. 3 (2). Australian Society for the Study of Labour History.