1929 Australian timber workers' strike

An initial response by workers at mass meetings on 3 January in Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide was to refuse to work the four hours extra stipulated by the Lukin award.

The urban nature of timber mills meant that industrial action was concentrated around the working-class areas of the affected cities, notably Glebe in Sydney.

[4] Women played a particularly active role in the dispute holding weekly meetings, attending picket lines, and collecting money.

After five months the strike came to an end on 24 June on the basis of a 48-hour week, but with an independent inquiry to be appointed into the financial condition of the industry.

At the end of July seven union leaders, including Jock Garden, the Secretary of the Trades and Labor Council; John Culbert, the Secretary of the Timber Workers Union; and the Chairman of the ACTU Disputes Committee were charged with "unlawful conspiracy by violence and threats of violence" to prevent timber workers from working.

Outside Darlinghurst Court House where several timber workers were being tried by Judge Lukin for non-compliance with the Award; 7000 workers attended