IMAGE
Waterfront Workers' Union members in Wellington, listening to Union secretary Trevor Hansen during the protest preventing new Cook Strait ferry, the Straitsman, from sailing - Photographs taken by John Nicholson
- Date
- 16 Apr 1992
- By
- Nicholson, John, active 1997
- Reference
- EP/1992/2322-F
- Description
Waterfront Workers' Union members in Wellington, listening to Union secretary Trevor Hansen during the protest preventing new Cook Strait ferry, the 'Straitsman', from sailing. Photographs taken 16 April 1992, by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson.
Publication note - Published in the Evening Post, 16 April 1992
Source of descriptive information - Evening Post article, 16 April 1992
The Union was angry the 'Straitman' was to have non-unionised crew as allowed under the Employment Contracts Act of 1991. Members blocked the ship's entrance, preventing two trucks from loading about 150 cattle.
Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) (Individual image on negative strip).
Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper
- Format
- 1 colour original negative(s) (Individual image on negative strip), Negatives, Dye coupler negatives, Dye coupler negative, 35mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.
Usage
Purchasing this Item
This item is available as a high resolution download. A request to buy an image can take up to 10 working days to approve. It will depend on copyright and how the image is going to be used.
If this item has multiple pages, or is several items attached to a single record, you can use this form to order your copy.
Using this Item
You can copy this item for personal use, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It cannot be used commercially without permission, please ask us for advice. If reproducing this item, please maintain the integrity of the image (i.e. don't crop, recolour or overprint it), and ensure the following credit accompanies it:
Nicholson, John, active 1997. Waterfront Workers' Union members in Wellington, listening to Union secretary Trevor Hansen during the protest preventing new Cook Strait ferry, the Straitsman, from sailing - Photographs taken by John Nicholson. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers. Ref: EP/1992/2322-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23204107More information can be found in our terms of use.