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The '''Department of Social Security Work-In''' was an episode of [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' control]] in [[Australia]] in [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania|1980]]. White-collar workers organized in the Administrative and Clerical Officers’ Association who were employed in the federal Department of Social Security staged a series of [[Work-In|work-ins]]. In 1980, they decided against a “traditional work-in” and instead backed up their demand for improved staffing levels by refusing—for more than two years—to recover overpayments made to social security recipients, which cost the federal government many millions of dollars.<ref>[[Immanuel Ness]] (2014) [[New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism]] - Chapter 10: Doing without the boss: Workers' Control Experiments in Australia in the 1970s.</ref> | {{Infobox_event|title = Department of Social Security Work-In|image = 300px-Main entrance to FaHCSIA offices March 2013.jpg|imagecaption = A modern office of the Department of Social Services, the modern descendant of the Department of Social Security.|date = 1980|location = Australia}}The '''Department of Social Security Work-In''' was an episode of [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' control]] in [[Australia]] in [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania|1980]]. White-collar workers organized in the Administrative and Clerical Officers’ Association who were employed in the federal Department of Social Security staged a series of [[Work-In|work-ins]]. In 1980, they decided against a “traditional work-in” and instead backed up their demand for improved staffing levels by refusing—for more than two years—to recover overpayments made to social security recipients, which cost the federal government many millions of dollars.<ref>[[Immanuel Ness]] (2014) [[New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism]] - Chapter 10: Doing without the boss: Workers' Control Experiments in Australia in the 1970s.</ref> | ||
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* [[Work-In]] | |||
* [[Harco Work-In]] | |||
* [[Sydney Opera House Work-In]] | |||
* [[Clutha Development Mine Work-In]] | |||
* [[Whyalla Glove Factory Work-In]] | |||
* [[Wyong Plaza Work-In]] | |||
* [[Nymboida Mine Work-In]] | |||
* [[Coal Cliff Work-In]] | |||
* [[Sanyo Television Factory Work-In]] | |||
* [[Union Carbide Work-In]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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</image> <label>Performers</label> <label>Date</label> <label>Location</label> </infobox>The Department of Social Security Work-In was an episode of workers' control in Australia in 1980. White-collar workers organized in the Administrative and Clerical Officers’ Association who were employed in the federal Department of Social Security staged a series of work-ins. In 1980, they decided against a “traditional work-in” and instead backed up their demand for improved staffing levels by refusing—for more than two years—to recover overpayments made to social security recipients, which cost the federal government many millions of dollars.[1]
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- ↑ Immanuel Ness (2014) New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism - Chapter 10: Doing without the boss: Workers' Control Experiments in Australia in the 1970s.