**Historical Examples of Workplace Takeovers** is a list of efforts by
workers to take over their workplaces and run them according to the
principles of [self-management or workers'
control](Workers'_Self-Management "wikilink").

## By Country

### Australia

In Northern Queensland from
[1908](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_Oceania "wikilink") to
[1920](Timeline_of_the_IWW "wikilink"), the
[IWW](Industrial_Workers_of_the_World "wikilink") and the Australasian
Meat Industry Employees Union organized a degree of workers' control
among meat industry workers. From 1970 to 1980, Australia saw a massive
wave of workers' control corresponding with strikes all over the country
(Some authors have also argued that the [green
bans](Green_Bans "wikilink") (1970 - 1977) constitute a form of workers'
control) Including:

  - 1971: [Harco Work-In](Harco_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1972: [Clutha Development Mine
    Work-In](Clutha_Development_Mine_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1972: [Sydney Opera House
    Work-In](Sydney_Opera_House_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1972: [Whyalla Glove Factory
    Work-In](Whyalla_Glove_Factory_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1974: [Wyong Plaza Work-In](Wyong_Plaza_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1975: [Nymboida Mine Work-In](Nymboida_Mine_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1975: [Coal Cliff Work-In](Coal_Cliff_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1978: [Sanyo Television Factory
    Work-In](Sanyo_Television_Factory_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1979: [Union Carbide Work-In](Union_Carbide_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1980: [Department of Social Security
    Work-In](Department_of_Social_Security_Work-In "wikilink")
  - 1990: [Melbourne Tramworkers'
    Strike](Melbourne_Tramworkers'_Strike_\(1990\) "wikilink")

## Timeline

  - 1994: [Zapatista Revolution](Zapatista_Revolution "wikilink")
  - 2012: [Rojava Revolution](Rojava_Revolution "wikilink")