Pat Mackie (30 October 1914 – 19 November 2009)[1] was a New Zealand miner and unionist, who gained national attention as the leader of the Mount Isa Mines Strike of 1964.
The article "1964 Mount Isa Mines strike" says Mackie was New Zealand-born but a "Canadian-trained activist" and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (the "Wobblies", who were syndicalist rather than Marxist), but gives no source for these allegations.
The dispute which led to the Mount Isa Mines Lockout of 1964 involved numerous issues of pay and conditions and lasted an unprecedented 32 weeks.
While it was AWU policy to resolve the dispute through arbitration before the Industrial Relations Commission, he pursued direct action and insisted on an enterprise agreement with the company.
Mackie successfully sued a newspaper owned by Australia media mogul Frank Packer in the early 1970s for defamation.