- Bib ID:
- 2216005
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hooke, Jack, 1898-1989, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1986, Jan. 24
- 11 sound tape reels (ca. 337 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
- Summary:
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Hooke, former Federal Secretary of the Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia, speaks about his early life in Britain; coming to Australia; joining NSW Railways as an apprentice moulder; working conditions; fighting in France in WW1; position held in Moulders Union; 1929 Coal Strike; timberworkers strike; Communist attempts to take over Labor Council; New Guard and the Australian Labor Army; Jack Lang; Ted Theodore; Concilliation Commissioner to the Industrial Commission; union representation on repatriation committees in WW2; technical advisor in London for Immigration Department; Petrov affair; other prominent unionists and ALP members; socialisation; Labor governments; ACTU; Arbitiation Commission; industrial disputes he was involved with; industrial safety; amalgamation of Moulders and Metalworkers Unions; legal side of industrial cases.
- 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:
- Timed summary and transcript (typescript, 121 leaves) available.
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- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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