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The **Wyong Plaza Work-In** was an episode of [workers'
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control](Workers'_Self-Management "wikilink") in Wyong,
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[Australia](Commonwealth_of_Australia "wikilink") in
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[1974](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_Oceania "wikilink").
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## Background
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In the town of Wyong, a new shopping center was being built, and one of
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the [workers](Working_Class "wikilink") was dismissed by
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[management](Bosses "wikilink"), angering the other workers.\[1\]
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## Events
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The workers announced from the jib of the crane that they would remain
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there until the job was reopened for all workers. Having expelled the
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developer, they organized work along self-management lines; even asking
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local residents whether or not they would prefer a
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[hospital](hospital "wikilink") to a shopping center.\[2\]
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## Result
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Workers' control at Wyong Plaza lasted six weeks and only ended after
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the company agreed to generous allowances and conditions, including the
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right of workers to be consulted on “hire and fire” decisions.\[3\]
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## See Also
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- Harco Work-In
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- Clutha Development Mine Work-In
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- Sydney Opera House Work-In
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- Whyalla Glove Factory Work-In
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- Nymboida Mine Work-In
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- Coal Cliff Work-In
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- Sanyo Television Factory Work-In
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- Union Carbide Work-In
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- Department of Social Security Work-In
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## References
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<references />
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1. [Immanuel Ness](Immanuel_Ness "wikilink") (2014) [New Forms of
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Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of
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Class Struggle
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Unionism](New_Forms_of_Worker_Organization:_The_Syndicalist_and_Autonomist_Restoration_of_Class_Struggle_Unionism "wikilink")
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- Chapter 10: Doing without the boss: Workers' Control Experiments
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in Australia in the 1970s
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