Jim Walshe interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 452835
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Walshe, Jim, 1931-2020, 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. 29
- 6 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mr Walshe, Vice-President, Australian Railways Union, speaks of his family background; his early interest in unions; migration to Australia; the single line tram track, Paddington; staffs; shunting accidents; becoming a delegate; Bill Dance; tarpaulin muster; brake vans' conditions; gloves for shunters; Lloyd Ross; DLP; dieselisation; election as northern organiser; payroll deductions; travelling routine; lilywhites and scabs; ARU and the NUR; industrial groups; Alec Downing; shooting incidents; Newcastle Labor Council; alcohol; Cardiff workshop; Zara Street Power Station; Credit Unions; May Day; Bill O'Neill; pay and conditions improvements; Philip Shirley; Milton Morris; Peter Cox; election as State President; David Hill; redundancies; Wran; Jack MacBean; ETU; Cowper electorate; superannuation; left and right wing pubs; naming of labor Council rooms; strikes during the '70s and '80s; XPT dispute; anti-discrimination; drug and alcohol safety; child care; state and federal industrial commissions; Greiner; Michael Eason; Medicare; strike over two-man trains; Museum of Labor History; Laurie Carmichael; closing BHP; improvements in production; Youth in Search; superannuation; Teamsters Union; property prices in the CBD; corruption; Freedom of Information.
- 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 (typescript, 67 leaves)
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1994
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