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Joe de Bruyn interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 452874
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
De Bruyn, Joe, 1949-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use. 
Description 1994 Sept. 1 
2 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., ; 7 in. 
Series

Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project

Summary

Mr De Bruyn, Secretary-Treasurer, Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales Branch, talks of his family background; his studies; becoming a research officer with the SDA; appearing in the Federal Industrial Relations Tribunal; arguments with Barry Egan; his move to New South Wales; the proposed amalgamation of shop assistants with the BWIU; Stan Arneil; the credit union failure; sacking of Barry Egan; wage increases; affiliation with the Labor Council; attendance as delegate to the Labor Council; joining the ALP; retail industry group; advantages to officials from experience working in the industry; Unsworth; changes to trading hours; penalty rates; redundancy provisions; wages increases; consumption tax; the Accord; deregulation of industries; Administrative Committee of the ALP; pre-selection; stacking meetings.

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 (typescript, 31 leaves) 
Subjects De Bruyn, Joe, - 1949- - Interviews.  |  Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (Australia). - New South Wales Branch - History.  |  Labor unions - Clerks (Retail trade) - New South Wales.  |  New South Wales - Social conditions.
Other authors/contributors Raxworthy, Richard, 1932-2003, Interviewer  |  Labor Council of New South Wales

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