Pig Iron Bob and Australian Unions

Sun, 24 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

I found a Youtube video of Australian Communist Music , which lead me to learning about Robert “Pig Iron Menzies” Menzies and his fight with Australian Union Workers over the shipping of iron to Japan during World War II.

We wouldn’t load pig-iron for the fascists of Japan
Despite intimidation we refused to lift the ban
With democracy at stake the struggle must be won
We had to beat the menace of the fascist Rising Sun
Pig Iron Bob

Robert Menzies on Dirk Kelly

Pig Iron Bob and Australian Unions