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The **Fremantle Wharf Strike** of
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[1956](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_Oceania "wikilink") was a
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[strike](List_of_Strikes "wikilink") by dockworkers in Perth, [Western
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Australia](Commonwealth_of_Australia "wikilink") over a lack of wage
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increases for four years. Workers blocked 29 ships from exiting the
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port, resulting in the strike being declared illegal and 2,000
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dockworkers and firefighters being dismissed.\[1\]\[2\]
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## References
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1. <https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72532855>
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2. <https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72533069> |