| Bib ID |
1975325 |
| 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. 23
3 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, ; 7 in.
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| Series |
Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project
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| Summary |
Mr Quinn, National President, Transport Workers' Union of Australia, talks of his early life in Sydney; early influences; work during the Depression; working at CSR; Dick Carling; World War II service in 36th Battalion; Kakoda Trail; truck driving for CSR; becoming a union official; industrial groups and the communists; miners' strike; campaign for Sydney taxi drivers; Jack Kane; membership campaign; section 88E; raising membership; containers; Wran and the condition of roads; airline industry; airline disputes; delegate to the Labor Council; John Ducker; caucusing; right and left wing factions; deals in hotels; Master Carriers; Alan Jones; rates for owner drivers; goodwill issue; takeovers; Peter Abeles; Lindsay Fox; blockades; negotiating with governments; south coast coal; black bans on wharves; containerisation; demarcation at Yennora; Labor Council and demarcation; support for other unions; relations with Waterside Workers; relations with the Communist Party; Wally Buckley; George Splayford ; Labor council relations with the ALP; Milton Morris; Peter Cox; advising Ministers; penal clauses; secondary boycotts legislation; illegal strikes; superannuation; Labor Party membership; investments and buildings; proposed amalgamation with the Storemen and Packers Union; the accord and the ACTU; tax summit; thoughts on faction fighting.
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| Notes |
Recorded on Aug. 23, 1994.
DCM record; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Transcript available (typescript, 35 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Quinn, Harold F., - 1918- - Interviews. | Transport Workers Union of Australia - History. | Labor unions - Transport workers - Australia. | Labor unions - Australia - Officials and employees - Interviews. | New South Wales - Social conditions.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Raxworthy, Richard, 1932-2003, Interviewer | Transport Workers Union of Australia
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| Related records |
Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project
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