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Don McDonald interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 1975313
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
McDonald, Don, 1938-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use. 
Description 1994 Aug. 22 
3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips. mono ; 7 in. 
Series

Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project

Summary

Mr McDonald, Assistant National Secretary, Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, speaks of his early life in Sydney; his carpentry apprenticeship; becoming a delegate; the campaign for daylight technical training; Catholic Youth Organisation; roles of the Church and unions; travels through China and the Soviet Union; joining the Communist Party; Eureka Youth League; writing bulletins: Doing Time, Early Birds; his education; election as organiser for the BWIU; working conditions in the North Shore area; arguments with non-unionists; safety on the Waringah Mall; Occupational Health and Safety Act of NSW; underpayments in Moree; persecution of unionists; safety standards for overhand work; membership drives; builders' labourers' green bans; the Rocks; Labor Council and green bans; right and left factions in the Labor Council; John MacBean and representation of issues; Michael Easson; workers' compensation insurance; de-registration of the BLF; campaign to enlist BLF members to the BWIU; workers' rights campaign; demonstration against the Telegraph; Jack Taylor articles; Roger Gyles Royal Commission; attempt to de-register the MBA; broader community role of union; Cyclone Tracy; Nyngan Floods.

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.

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

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available: (47 p.) 
Subjects McDonald, Don, - 1938- - Interviews.  |  Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia - History.  |  Labor unions - Building trades - New South Wales.  |  New South Wales - Social conditions.
Other authors/contributors Raxworthy, Richard, 1932-2003, Interviewer  |  Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia

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