Broadmeadows Assembly

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Coordinates: 37°39′24″S 144°57′10″E / 37.656543°S 144.952819°E / -37.656543; 144.952819 Broadmeadows Assembly was a Ford Motor Company automobile factory operated by Ford Australia and situated in Campbellfield, Victoria. It spanned 1,973,503 square feet (45.3054 acres) and employed some 2,088 workers.^[1]

In 1973, there was a large strike by mostly migrant workers over unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, and Ford's refusal to hire more workers, including a ban on female workers. The strikers fought off police and even managed to force their union to endorse them. This strike was notable due to the huge outpour of community support, with the Glaziers Union refusing to fix broken windows, doctors opening free clinics and the local Greek Orthodox Church donating to strike funds. It succeeded in its aims.

There was a second strike in 1981 called by local members of the Vehicle Builders Employees Federation, but this time, federal Union members moved to shut it down swiftly.

The Broadmeadows Assembly closed on October 7, 2016.

Products[]

• Ford Territory
• Ford Falcon

See also[]

• List of Ford factories

References[]

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