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Waihi miners' strike

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The Waihi miners' strike was a major strike action in 1912 by gold miners in the New Zealand town of Waihi. [1]

32 relations: Auckland, Bill Parry (politician), Bob Semple, Ernest Davis (brewer), Francis Edward O'Flynn, Fred Evans (union worker), Gold, Harry Holland, Industrial Workers of the World, Labour movement, Lockout (industry), Market garden, Mining, Mining in New Zealand, New Zealand, New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, New Zealand Labour Party, New Zealand pound, New Zealand Socialist Party, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Reefton, Reform Party (New Zealand), Robert Samuel Ross, Social Democratic Party (New Zealand), Stationary engine, Strike action, Strikebreaker, Tuberculosis, United Labour Party (New Zealand), Waihi, William Massey, Working class.

Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Bill Parry (politician)

William Edward Parry (1878 – 27 November 1952) was a New Zealand Minister and trade unionist.

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Bob Semple

Robert Semple (21 October 1873 – 31 January 1955) was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand.

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Ernest Davis (brewer)

Sir Ernest Hyam Davis (17 February 1872 – 16 September 1962) was a New Zealand businessman, and was Mayor of Auckland City, New Zealand from 1935 to 1941.

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Francis Edward O'Flynn

Francis Edward O’Flynn (24 July 1872 – 18 June 1942) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 22 September 1937 to 18 June 1942, when he died aged 69.

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Fred Evans (union worker)

Fredrick George Evans (11 February 1881 – 13 November 1912) was an Australian industrial worker who rose to prominence for his role and death in the Waihi miners' strike.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Harry Holland

Henry Edmund Holland (10 June 1868 – 8 October 1933) was an Australian-born newspaper owner, politician and unionist who relocated to New Zealand.

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Industrial Workers of the World

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies", is an international labor union that was founded in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois in the United States of America.

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Labour movement

The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings, the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English), also called trade unionism or labor unionism on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other.

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Lockout (industry)

A lockout is a temporary work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute.

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Market garden

A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

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Mining in New Zealand

Mining in New Zealand began when the Māori quarried rock such as argillite in times prior to European colonisation.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) is a national trade union center in New Zealand.

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New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party (Rōpū Reipa o Aotearoa), or simply Labour (Reipa), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand.

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New Zealand pound

The pound (symbol £, or NZ£ for distinction) was the currency of New Zealand from 1840 until 1967, when it was replaced by the New Zealand dollar.

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New Zealand Socialist Party

The New Zealand Socialist Party was founded in 1901, promoting the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

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Prime Minister of New Zealand

The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Te Pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand.

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Reefton

Reefton is a small town on New Zealand's West Coast region, some 80 km northeast of Greymouth, in the valley of the Inangahua River.

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Reform Party (New Zealand)

The Reform Party, formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been founded as a conservative response to the original Liberal Party.

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Robert Samuel Ross

Robert Samuel Ross (5 January 1873 – 24 September 1931) was an Australian socialist journalist, trade unionist, and agitator best known as the editor of a series of political magazines associated with the Australian labour movement in the 1890s and early 1900s.

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Social Democratic Party (New Zealand)

The Social Democratic Party of New Zealand was an early left-wing political party.

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Stationary engine

A stationary engine is an engine whose framework does not move.

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Strike action

Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.

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Strikebreaker

A strikebreaker (sometimes derogatorily called a scab, blackleg, or knobstick) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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United Labour Party (New Zealand)

The United Labour Party of New Zealand was an early left-wing political party.

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Waihi

Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town.

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William Massey

William Ferguson Massey (26 March 1856 – 10 May 1925), commonly known as Bill Massey, was an Irish-born politician in New Zealand who served as the 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand from May 1912 to May 1925.

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Working class

The working class (also labouring class) are the people employed for wages, especially in manual-labour occupations and industrial work.

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Black Tuesday (1912), Reefton lock-out, Waihi goldminers' strike, Waihi strike.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waihi_miners'_strike

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