Stevedoring Industry Commission
1942 – 1949
Wartime commission that organised waterfront labour, registering waterside workers, allocating them to ships, paying attendance money and dealing with industrial matters on the wharves.
How it came into existence
Set up in 1942 under National Security regulations made under the National Security Act 1939 to secure an efficient supply of waterfront labour during the war; it was continued after the war by the Stevedoring Industry Act 1947.
Legislation: National Security (Stevedoring Industry) Regulations; Stevedoring Industry Act 1947
Changes during its life
- 1947The Stevedoring Industry Act 1947 placed the Commission on a peacetime statutory footing.
How it ended
Abolished in 1949 by the Stevedoring Industry Act 1949, which gave its administrative functions to the new Australian Stevedoring Industry Board and returned waterfront industrial matters to the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.
- Industrial jurisdiction over waterfront wages and conditions
The Stevedoring Industry Act 1949 left the new Australian Stevedoring Industry Board with administrative functions and returned waterfront industrial matters to the arbitration system.
Main functions
- Registration of waterside workers
- Allocation of labour to ships
- Payment of attendance money
- Determining waterfront wages and conditions
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Labour and National Service.
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Sources
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