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A retrospective account describes the Webb Dock dispute at Melbourne's Victorian International Container Terminal, which involved 19 days of round-the-clock picketing. The action blocked containers in defiance of two Supreme Court injunctions and triggered a solidarity strike that shut most of the waterfront.
The article says the dispute won a partial result, including reinstating a sacked union delegate.
The dispute's resolution reduces the risk of further prolonged disruption at Australia's largest port for grain and other exports. Any renewed labor action at the terminal could still delay export cargoes.
redflag.org.auJerome SmallDec 19, 2017Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 823 past logistics events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.5% to +1.2%), and -0.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
