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{{Infobox_event|title = Fremantle Wharf Strike|image = Carousel-2.jpg|imagecaption = The Fremantle Wharf Today|date = 1956|location = Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia}}The '''Fremantle Wharf Strike''' of [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania|1956]] was a [[List of Strikes|strike]] by dockworkers in Perth, [[Commonwealth of Australia|Western Australia]] over a lack of wage increases for four years. Workers blocked 29 ships from exiting the port, resulting in the strike being declared illegal and 2,000 dockworkers and firefighters being dismissed.<ref>https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72532855</ref><ref>https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72533069</ref>
The '''Fremantle Wharf Strike''' of [[Timeline of Anarchism in Oceania|1956]] was a [[List of Strikes|strike]] by dockworkers in Perth, [[Commonwealth of Australia|Western Australia]] over a lack of wage increases for four years. Workers blocked 29 ships from exiting the port, resulting in the strike being declared illegal and 2,000 dockworkers and firefighters being dismissed.<ref>https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72532855</ref><ref>https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72533069</ref>


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The Fremantle Wharf Strike of 1956 was a strike by dockworkers in Perth, Western Australia over a lack of wage increases for four years. Workers blocked 29 ships from exiting the port, resulting in the strike being declared illegal and 2,000 dockworkers and firefighters being dismissed.[1][2]

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