Tom McDonald interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history... - Catalogue (original) (raw)
Bib ID:
452826
Format:
Audio
McDonald, Tom, 1926-, interviewee
Access Conditions:
Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use.
Description:
- 1994 Aug. 23
- 5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips. ; 7 in.
Series:
Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
Summary:
Mr McDonald, the National Secretary of the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, speaks of his early life; the influence of the Depression; early strike experiences; influence of communism; miners' strike; joining the Communist Party; Pat Clancy; legal strikes; exemptions for hospitals; his appearance in arbitration court to defend the union; impressions of Labor Council Secretaries; demise of the "right pub"; deregistration of the BWIU; affiliation of the ASC&J; relationships between the Labor Party, Communist Party and the Labor Council; industrial groups; peace movement; moratoriums; Paul Robeson's visit; safety standards; sit-in in the NSW Parliament; Jack Ferguson and public works; long service leave; campaign for increased wages and accident pay; interference from the Builders' Labourers; campaign for superannuation; green bans; deregistration of the BLF; creation of the CFMEU; penal clauses; improvements to conditions; secondary boycotts; Troubleshooters; Building Industry Royal Commission; tax summit.
Notes:
- 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, 57 leaves)
Subject:
- McDonald, Tom, 1926- -- Interviews
- Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia -- History
- Labor unions -- Construction workers -- New South Wales
- New South Wales -- Social conditions
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Creation date:
1994
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