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Ted Heagney interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 1448884
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Heagney, Matthew Edward, 1920-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1986 
10 sound tape reels (ca. 300 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 5 in. 
Series

Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project

Summary

Heagney, former Arbitration Commissioner, speaks about his early life in Creswick, Victoria; the Depression; working for Victorian Railways; joining the Australian Railways Union; 1950 guards strike; joining the Labor Party; work as Union Industrial Officer; the industrial group and its effect on the ARU; The Split; his ARU achievements; moving to Sydney; Federated Ironworkers Association; FIA disputes; his FIA achievements; appointment to the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission; appointment as National Director of the Trade Union Training Authority; his achievements at TUTA; the trade union movement; the arbitration system; relationship of unions with Labor governments.

Notes

Part of a collection of interviews with former and present trade union leaders, produced as a joint project by the Labor Council of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia.

Working duplicate and cassette copies made.

DCM record; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (typescript, 134 leaves) 
Subjects Heagney, Matthew Edward, - 1920- - Interviews.  |  Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.  |  Australian Railways Union. - Victorian Branch.  |  Australian Trade Union Training Authority.  |  Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia.  |  Arbitrators, Industrial - Australia - Interviews.
Other authors/contributors Raxworthy, Richard, 1932-2003, Interviewer  |  Labor Council of New South Wales  |  National Library of Australia

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