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After the UWM commitment to combat evictions, UWM branches created individual "Anti-Eviction Committees" through which they coordinated opposition. The Committees would investigate each case of eviction and decide if to lend their support.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wheatley |first=Nadia |title=Sydney's anti-eviction movement: community or conspiracy? |date=2001 |publisher=University of Wollongong Press |isbn=0947127038 |pages=146-173}}</ref> |
After the UWM commitment to combat evictions, UWM branches created individual "Anti-Eviction Committees" through which they coordinated opposition. The Committees would investigate each case of eviction and decide if to lend their support.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wheatley |first=Nadia |title=Sydney's anti-eviction movement: community or conspiracy? |date=2001 |publisher=University of Wollongong Press |isbn=0947127038 |pages=146-173}}</ref> |
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If the UWM Branch decided to intervene, multiple methods were used to prevent eviction. UWM leaders would meet with property owners, alongside a protest held at the property, this sometimes included veiled threats of violence. If deputation failed, the UWM utilised [[picketing]] which according to Nadia Wheatley was "familiar to trade unionists, and it fitted the sociable nature of the unemployed movement."<ref name=":0" /> |
If the UWM Branch decided to intervene, multiple methods were used to prevent eviction. UWM leaders would meet with property owners, alongside a protest held at the property, this sometimes included veiled threats of violence. If deputation failed, the UWM utilised [[picketing]] which according to Nadia Wheatley was "familiar to trade unionists, and it fitted the sociable nature of the unemployed movement."<ref name=":0" /> If picketing on the footpath failed, picketers would move into the house. |
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The UWM tactics were extremely successful, winning every eviction case they supported in Sydney in the first five months of 1931<ref name=":0" />, and continuing to have an extremely high success rate<ref name=":0" /> |
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Revision as of 00:52, 3 January 2024
| Abbreviation | UWM |
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| Founded at | Melbourne, Australia |
| Purpose | Socialism Anti-Eviction |
Region | Australia |
National Secretary | Jack Sylvester |
Main organ | Communist Party of Australia |
The Unemployed Workers Movement or UWM was a Socialist activist organisation operating in Australia during the Great Depression. It advocated for expanded welfare, and protections for the Unemployed and fought against evictions in working-class neighbourhoods.
History
Activities
After the UWM commitment to combat evictions, UWM branches created individual "Anti-Eviction Committees" through which they coordinated opposition. The Committees would investigate each case of eviction and decide if to lend their support.[1]
If the UWM Branch decided to intervene, multiple methods were used to prevent eviction. UWM leaders would meet with property owners, alongside a protest held at the property, this sometimes included veiled threats of violence. If deputation failed, the UWM utilised picketing which according to Nadia Wheatley was "familiar to trade unionists, and it fitted the sociable nature of the unemployed movement."[1] If picketing on the footpath failed, picketers would move into the house.
The UWM tactics were extremely successful, winning every eviction case they supported in Sydney in the first five months of 1931[1], and continuing to have an extremely high success rate[1]