Don McDonald interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1975313
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- McDonald, Don (Donald Patrick), 1938-2018, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use.
- Description:
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- 1994 Aug. 22
- 3 sound tape reels (ca. 100 min.) : 7 1/2 ips. mono ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mr McDonald, Assistant National Secretary, Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, speaks of his early life in Sydney; his carpentry apprenticeship; becoming a delegate; the campaign for daylight technical training; Catholic Youth Organisation; roles of the Church and unions; travels through China and the Soviet Union; joining the Communist Party; Eureka Youth League; writing bulletins: Doing Time, Early Birds; his education; election as organiser for the BWIU; working conditions in the North Shore area; arguments with non-unionists; safety on the Waringah Mall; Occupational Health and Safety Act of NSW; underpayments in Moree; persecution of unionists; safety standards for overhand work; membership drives; builders' labourers' green bans; the Rocks; Labor Council and green bans; right and left factions in the Labor Council; John MacBean and representation of issues; Michael Easson; workers' compensation insurance; de-registration of the BLF; campaign to enlist BLF members to the BWIU; workers' rights campaign; demonstration against the Telegraph; Jack Taylor articles; Roger Gyles Royal Commission; attempt to de-register the MBA; broader community role of union; Cyclone Tracy; Nyngan Floods.
- Notes:
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- 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.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available: (47 p.)
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- Creation date:
- 1994
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