First Strike of Aboriginal Workers Wins Big Pay Rise

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irst ever strike of Aboriginal workers, and one oO 1 Hoet dbandt te stritces in Australian history against the UK meat empire Vesteys has ended with partial success which paves the way for further advances. More than 1,000 Uorthern Territory Aboriginal stockmen on the Wave Hill and Newcastle Waters stations will now get higher pay as from November 1, as a result of an agreenent between the Northern Territories Cattle Producers Council, the Austr= alian Council of Trade Unions, and Government officials. it an earlier stage of the strike the tardiness of the ACTU in responding to the stockmen's strugrle aroused indignation throughout the trade union movement. Although the ACTU executive met for a week, it issued no call for general supvort from unionists throughout the country: nor did it utter any condemnation of either Vesteys or the Federal Governnent.