The 1938 Dalfram Pig-Iron Dispute and Wharfies Leader, Ted Roach

In Port Kembla during the 1920s and 1930s the physical and social conditions ofwharfies were peculiar to the emerging heavy industries of the IIIawarra region. The' bull' system prevailed and general safety conditions were poor. I According to Griffith, the union and the stevedoring companies were controlled by four families and the union was seen as being ineffectuaL