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Kōrero: Unions and employee organisations

Monster mass meeting poster

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Monster mass meeting poster

The isolated mining towns of the West Coast were solidly in support of the great strike of 1913, and this poster announces a public meeting and march where they could demonstrate their support. The meeting was organised by ‘Billy Banjo’ (Ted Hunter), a unionist and songwriter who was well known on the Coast.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-B-LABOUR-1913-01

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Erik Olssen, Unions and employee organisations – Red Feds, 1913 strike and Alliance of Labour, 1913–35, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/22267/monster-mass-meeting-poster (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Erik Olssen, i tāngia i te 4 February 2010.