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100 years ago in Australia, there was a 'great strike'. It was about a lot of things, but the straw that broke the camels back was timecards. Workers felt like

100 years ago in Australia, there was a 'great strike'. It was about a lot of things, but the straw that broke the camels back was timecards. Workers felt like management were 'Americanising' labour, and the pressure of worsening or stagnant conditions wasn't helped by the country being in the middle of contributing to the war. Anyway the strike was overall 'a failure', but filling in the outline I've given above was some wonderful bits of colour and detail to the story that were on the national radio here in Australia recently. I hadn't heard before - and while I can't find the radio link just now, a summary is here [1]. I thought it was interesting to note that the issues from 1917 are remarkably similar and understandable to those in 2017, for employees and employers. [1] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-28/100-years-on-the-great-strike-of-1917/8748132 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-28/100-years-on-the-great...

pattisapu 9y ago
Interesting. I'm an American labor lawyer and often find myself thankful when an employer actually keeps accurate time cards. "Time shaving" and wage theft are so rampant today and are a significant part of the billions of dollars that workers lose each year in this country [1]. It's a lot easier to do that when you fudge the time records, or don't keep any at all. [1] http://www.epi.org/blog/wage-theft-by-employers-is-costing-u-s-workers-billions-of-dollars-a-year/ http://www.epi.org/blog/wage-theft-by-employers-is-costing-u...