The Music Shift
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The Music Shift
In February 1999 Jumping Fences completed The Music Shift, a project held in three workplaces around Brisbane.
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The Music Shift: The Hat Factory
Mountcastles is a smaller workplace, located at the time of the project in the Brisbane suburb of Fairfield, engaged in making a wide variety of hats, including fashion, uniform and protective hats. The workers are members of the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia. They, like many others in manufacturing face the dilemma that while we are told that there is economic growth and that ...
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The Music Shift: The Abattoir
QMEAT was a government owned abattoir which has been operating for over ninety years. (Until 1947 it had been owned by a US company.) The workforce had a proud history of militant unionism, being members of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union.
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The Music Shift: The Lock Factory
Whitco was a large manufacturer of locks and fittings for doors and windows. The assembly workers are members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. The workforce included a number of older ...