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Jack Hooke interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2216005
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Hooke, Jack, 1898-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1986, Jan, 24 
11 sound tape reels (ca. 330 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 5 in. 
Series

Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project

Summary

Hooke, former Federal Secretary of the Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia, speaks about his early life in Britain; coming to Australia; joining NSW Railways as an apprentice moulder; working conditions; fighting in France in WW1; position held in Moulders Union; 1929 Coal Strike; timberworkers strike; Communist attempts to take over Labor Council; New Guard and the Australian Labor Army; Jack Lang; Ted Theodore; Concilliation Commissioner to the Industrial Commission; union representation on repatriation committees in WW2; technical advisor in London for Immigration Department; Petrov affair; other prominent unionists and ALP members; socialisation; Labor governments; ACTU; Arbitiation Commission; industrial disputes he was involved with; industrial safety; amalgamation of Moulders and Metalworkers Unions; legal side of industrial cases.

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, 121 leaves) 
Subjects Hooke, Jack, - 1898- - Interviews.  |  Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia - History.  |  Industrial Commission of New South Wales - History.  |  Labor Council of New South Wales - History.  |  Coal Strike, Australia, 1929.  |  Labor leaders - Australia - Interviews.  |  Labor unions - Metal workers - Australia - Interviews.
Other authors/contributors Raxworthy, Richard, 1932-2003, Interviewer  |  Labor Council of New South Wales  |  National Library of Australia

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