Charlie Fitzgibbon interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]

Fitzgibbon, former General Secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia, speaks about his family background; working at the Waterside Workers Federation office in Newcastle; working on the Newcastle waterfront; Newcastle in the 1930's; working as vigilance officer; relations with the state office; industrial disputes in Newcastle; activities of communists in the union; becoming General Secretary; containerisation and the effects on union membership; election of Hawke as ACTU President in 1969; ACTU executive; 1979 ACTU conference; uranium mining; role of the ACTU; tariffs; the Accord; international trade union movement; Arbitation Commission; other union leaders; improvements in industrial safety; number of strikes on waterfront; activities in ALP; Labor governments; Director of Reserve Bank; member of board of Australian National Line.