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Historical Examples of Workplace Takeovers is a list of efforts by workers to take over their workplaces and run them according to the principles of self-management or workers' control.
By Country
Main Article: Workers' Control by Country
Australia
In Northern Queensland from 1908 to 1920, the IWW and the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union organized a degree of workers' control among meat industry workers. From 1970 to 1980, Australia saw a massive wave of workers' control corresponding with strikes all over the country (Some authors have also argued that the green bans (1970 - 1977) constitute a form of workers' control) Including:
- 1971: Harco Work-In
- 1972: Clutha Development Mine Work-In
- 1972: Sydney Opera House Work-In
- 1972: Whyalla Glove Factory Work-In
- 1974: Wyong Plaza Work-In
- 1975: Nymboida Mine Work-In
- 1975: Coal Cliff Work-In
- 1978: Sanyo Television Factory Work-In
- 1979: Union Carbide Work-In
- 1980: Department of Social Security Work-In
- 1990: Melbourne Tramworkers' Strike
Timeline
- 1994: Zapatista Revolution
- 2012: Rojava Revolution