Joe de Bruyn interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]

Mr De Bruyn, Secretary-Treasurer, Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales Branch, talks of his family background; his studies; becoming a research officer with the SDA; appearing in the Federal Industrial Relations Tribunal; arguments with Barry Egan; his move to New South Wales; the proposed amalgamation of shop assistants with the BWIU; Stan Arneil; the credit union failure; sacking of Barry Egan; wage increases; affiliation with the Labor Council; attendance as delegate to the Labor Council; joining the ALP; retail industry group; advantages to officials from experience working in the industry; Unsworth; changes to trading hours; penalty rates; redundancy provisions; wages increases; consumption tax; the Accord; deregulation of industries; Administrative Committee of the ALP; pre-selection; stacking meetings.