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Waihi 2022: 110 years commemoration

On 12 November 1921 was ‘Black Tuesday’, when Waihi miner Fred Evans was killed while on strike with 1,500 of his workmates. The Waihi Miners’ Strike was a pivotal point in Aotearoa New Zealand’s industrial relations history and every year we remember Fred and the significant impact of the strike.
On 12 Novem­ber 1921 was ‘Black Tues­day’, when Wai­hi min­er Fred Evans was killed while on strike with 1,500 of his work­mates.
The Wai­hi Min­ers’ Strike was a piv­otal point in Aotearoa New Zealand’s indus­tri­al rela­tions his­to­ry and every year we remem­ber Fred and the sig­nif­i­cant impact of the strike.
110 years lat­er, we have wins to cel­e­brate.
The intro­duc­tion of Fair Pay Agree­ments will hope­ful­ly mean a return to some real work­er pow­er that has been lost in the decades since the Employ­ment Con­tracts Act gut­ted union­ism.
Join us on 12 Novem­ber 2022 to look back at our his­to­ry and look for­ward to our future. We’ll have inter­est­ing speech­es about the his­to­ry and our cur­rent oppor­tu­ni­ties, as well as great food and enter­tain­ment. This is an event for the whole Labour Move­ment wh?nau!
Sat­ur­day, 12 Novem­ber 2022
12:00pm to 4:00pm Wai­hi Memo­r­i­al Hall, Wai­hi
Please send your RSVP to campaigns@etu.nz before Sat­ur­day 29 Octo­ber and feel free to invite oth­ers from the Labour Move­ment who might be inter­est­ed.

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