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Queensland Railways Central Disputes Committee
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Queensland Railways Central Disputes Committee (1948). Also known as the Central Railway Disputes Committee.
Objectives - To organize a strike of railway workers; to organize strike support activities and expansion of the strike and to organize strike relief for striking and stood down workers.
Publicists - R. Cobb, G.M. Dawson, J. Devereux, E.J. Irwin, T. Kissick, A. MacDonald, C. Merrell, Frank Nolan, M. O'Brien, J.J. Ryan, F.C. Weigel.
Notes: The strike began on February 3 1948 and on that day the Committee was formed based on the Trades and Labor Council. There was a general return to work on April 6 1948.