What the records say
- When
- 1908
- Kind
- Strike
- Coordinates
- 42.37° S, 171.42° E
- Description
- labour dispute in New Zealand
Placed at the town its title names, Blackball.
1908 Blackball miners' strike
Labour dispute in New Zealand
The 1908 Blackball miners' strike was industrial action that happened when seven miners in the small town of Blackball, on New Zealand's West Coast, were dismissed for taking longer than their allocated fifteen minutes, for lunch.
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