Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union (1981)

1981-01-011h 14m

Delegates and workers discuss the issues that effect the Timberworkers’ Union, the reasons for the formation of the Combined Council of Timber Workers Delegates (CCD) and their industrial action.

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