when: 08 September 2021 | venue: Online | cost: Free | address: See event description for details on how to connect. | website: https://historycouncilnsw.org.au/events/women-of-steel-a-film-by-robynne-murphy/ | tickets: https://historycouncilnsw.org.au/events/women-of-steel-a-film-by-robynne-murphy/
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Celebrate History Week 2021, by delving deeper into 'Women of Steel'!
Decently-paid jobs for women were scarce in Wollongong in the early 1980s.
This inspiring documentary, narrated by filmmaker Robynne Murphy (herself a prominent campaigner, later a career steelworker) tells how a small but determined group of women, many of them migrant women, took on AIS and beat them - twice!
When an initial anti-discrimination case succeeded, AIS hired many women who then, as the 'last hired', lost their jobs when the 1982 steel industry slump hit. A further case, resolved in their favour by the High Court in 1989 after numerous AIS appeals, set a landmark in anti-discrimination law.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion session with the filmmaker and other original Jobs for Women campaigners.
This is a free and online event.
This event is a part of History Week 2021 #fromthegroundup, organised by the History Council NSW.
Hosted by Sydney Branch, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH).
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Celebrate History Week 2021, by delving deeper into 'Women of Steel'!
Decently-paid jobs for women were scarce in Wollongong in the early 1980s.
This inspiring documentary, narrated by filmmaker Robynne Murphy (herself a prominent campaigner, later a career steelworker) tells how a small but determined group of women, many of them migrant women, took on AIS and beat them - twice!
When an initial anti-discrimination case succeeded, AIS hired many women who then, as the 'last hired', lost their jobs when the 1982 steel industry slump hit. A further case, resolved in their favour by the High Court in 1989 after numerous AIS appeals, set a landmark in anti-discrimination law.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion session with the filmmaker and other original Jobs for Women campaigners.
This is a free and online event.
This event is a part of History Week 2021 #fromthegroundup, organised by the History Council NSW.
Hosted by Sydney Branch, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH).
Go see Women of Steel- a film by Robynne Murphy 2021.
Women of Steel- a film by Robynne Murphy 2021 is on 08 September 2021. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Sydney. Call 0418 811 522 for details. Visit their website at https://historycouncilnsw.org.au/events/women-of-steel-a-film-by-robynne-murphy/.
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