Shades of the Cold War: The role of Communist workers at the Midland Railway Workshops

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Shades of the Cold War: The role of Communist workers at the Midland Railway Workshops

Although a small minority among the 2500-strong workforce at the Midland Railway Workshops in the 1950s, the Communists were an active group, whose physical focal point was a section of the Machine Shop in Block 3, known as 'Red Square', where Jack Marks, a fitter and turner who was an act...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Oliver, Bobbie
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	Australian Society for the Study of Labour History 2005
Subjects:	Communist Party of Australia Western Australian Government Railways Workshop Midland Railway Workshops Labour history Jack Marks Trade unions Political parties
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41117

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