Unemployed Workers Movement

Not to be confused with Australian Unemployed Workers' Union.
Unemployed Workers Movement
LeaderJack Sylvester
Foundation1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Dates of operationc. 1930–1932
Dissolved1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Merged intoUnited Front Councils of Employed and Unemployed Workers
CountryAustralia
AllegianceCommunist Party of Australia
HeadquartersRedfern, New South Wales
NewspaperWorkers Weekly (unofficial)
Active regionsEastern states of Australia
IdeologySocialism
United Front
Allies
OpponentsNew Guard
New South Wales Police Force

The Unemployed Workers Movement (UWM) was a socialist activist organisation operating in Australia during the Great Depression. It advocated for expanded Welfare, and protections for the Unemployed and fought against evictions in working-class neighbourhoods and work for welfare schemes.[1][2][3][4] In 1930 the UWM had an estimated 30,000 members.[1][4]

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