The Women Who Were Never There: An inspiring tale of working class unity

Very few people remember the Jobs for Women campaign of the late 1970’s and 80’s. Fewer still remember the 1973 ‘work in’ protest by a determined group of women at BHP’s Port Kembla steelworks in Wollongong. They should, for it was these struggles that forged the path for women working today in heavy industry. With the 25-minute short The Women Who Were Never There, and a potential feature film on the way, Jill Hickson and a team of filmmakers set out to recover this treasured history for a new generation of militant trade unionists and women in struggle.