John Ducker interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2095204
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Ducker, John, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required from the Labor Council of New South Wales for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1988 June 30
- 5 sound tape reels : 3 3/4 ips., mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mr Ducker, former Secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, speaks about his early life and education at Hull; early employment; migration to Australia; working as an ironworker; becoming minutes secretary of the Ironworkers' Union; working conditions; strikes; migrants ; joining the union; industrial groups; DLP; ALP Youth council; Young Labor issues; groupers in Young Labor; joining the Catholic Church; move to the Labor council; working for the Ironworkers' Union; conditions; Laurie Short; Harry Harold; Maurie Finnigan; David Ross; Workers Educational Association; relations with Hawke; Labor Council meetings; styles of chairpersons; his role as Assistant Secretary; selection of Wran for leader of the ALP; left and right pubs; winning trust; generation gap; plumbers' nine-week strike; Coca Cola Bottlers, Kingsgrove; Labor Council meetings; reasons for leaving the Secretaryship; green bans; Jack Mundey; Atlantean buses; ACTU; Edgar Williams; Hawke; Workskill; changes to hospital boards; experiences on the ALP executive; Whitlam's government; Fraser; nuclear energy; resignation from leadership of the ALP; Unsworth; reasons for going on the Legislative Council; bill to alter electoral boundaries; caucus in the ALP; his directorships; Qantas; Public Service Board; Arbitration court hearings.
- Notes:
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
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- Transcript available: (93 p.)
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