Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union
1981
1h 14m
Delegates and workers discuss the issues that effect the Timberworkers’ Union, the reasons for the formation of the Combined Council of Timber Workers Delegates (CCD) and their industrial action.
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