Corrigan is best known for the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute, in which he attempted to sack the heavily unionised workforce and replace it with strikebreakers, eventually leading to reform and restructuring of dockyard labour practices.
Corrigan is most famous for the 1998 Australian port labor dispute, where he tried to lay off the heavily unionized workforce and replace it with temporary workers, ultimately leading to reforms in dockyard labor policies.