| Bib ID |
1975313 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| 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.
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| Series |
Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project
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| 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.
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| 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;
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| 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.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Raxworthy, Richard, 1932-2003, Interviewer | Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia
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| Related records |
Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project
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