'...the period of the early and mid-forties with women's conditons and struggle by women workers and the Sheet Metal Workers Union ... in particular for equal pay.'
Article from: Journal of Information & Image Management, August 1984.|Article reports on severe administrative problems which existed at the American Postal Workers Union Health Plan in 1979, including severe overcrowding, inefficient and slow health…
Authors account of the history of the meat industry in Victoria from the initial determination of the Wages Board in 1901, the beginning of the trade union through to trade and export and women in the workforce.
The memoirs of George Hayes, detailing his life regarding Catholic Religion, work at the Newport workshop, recreational interests, and his involvement with trade unions and politics.|Contents:|'Memories of my life' by George Arnold Hayes|'My first…
Two awards.|1. Life Govenor Certificate, Footscray and District Out-patient and Welfare Centre; 1945|2. Community Service Award, Develop Victoria Council; 1984
*RESTRICTED ACCESS*|Content of interview not for public use.|Contents:|0 - 3 mins: Family History|3 - 6 mins: Casual work at Angliss Meat Works during spring lamb season.|6 - 9 mins : Coal workers strike and its effect on employment in the 20's. …
*RESTRICTED ACCESS*|Content of interview not for public use.|Content:|0 - 2 min: Mrs Williams duties in the packing room of the munitions industry in 1939 - 1943 then 1950's for 2 years.|2 - 4 min : Duties continued. Final examiner for 303's in the…
Content as in title/subject.|Contents:|0 - 3 mins : Workplace accidents.|3 - 6 mins : Gelignite handling. Starting date at ICI when she was 19. Facility construction.|6 - 9 mins : Workplace accidents. Socializing out of hours with work…
Content as in title/subject.|Contents :.|0 - 3 min : Years worked at the Munitions in 1918 - end then of WWI, then during WWII for 5 years. Shift work|3 - 6 min : Percussion cap section in Gordon St working conditions for both wars. Employment…
Content as in title/subject.|0 - 3 mins : Starting work at Angliss meatworks at age 15. Working in the bag room. Pay rates|4 - 6 mins : Job description.|7 - 9 mins : Social life within the work place. No union involvement in their department in the…
Content as in title/subject.|Master tape|Content note : Contents are taken from master copies of CD's.|Content:|0 - 3 min: Born and raised in the William Angliss Estate. Father employed as a shipping clerk.|3 - 6 min : Using the meatworks as a…
Content.|0 - 3 min:1933 strike continued and the union movement effect and the definition of unionism at that sage of his working life.|3 - 6 min : As above. The importance of unions and effective administration.|6 - 9 mins : Post-strike employment…
Content as in title/subject.|0 - 3 mins : Trade unions. Quantity control in the casing room.|4 - 6 mins : Human resource arrangements within the casings department. Union involvement. Personal integrity.|7 - 9 mins : Gender pay rates. Edna was at…
Content as in title/subject.|0 - 3 mins : Gold panning. For 10 ounces of raw gold received 7 ounces refined.|3 - 6 mins : Locating the Cooper family.|6 - 9 mins : Relocation of houses due to Merrimu flooding. Coimadai is now known as Bacchus Marsh.…
Content as in title/subject.|Contents:|Discussion appears to be based around photographs the interviewer and the interviewee are sighting.|0 - 3 mins: Tobacco growing in Coimodai. Quarrying, including use of gelignite. 1886 lime production of 2000…
Photocopy.
As in title/subject.
Includes Ammunitions Factory - Gordon St. reunion contacts from 21st Feb, 2006.
March, 2006; added letter and photocopy of photographs donated to us by M. Basham.
Songs of Australian Working Life is a six part radio program that dicusses the evolution of music with lyrics in Australian working peoples' culture.|Content:|Program 3 : Hard times, dispossession, the underdog and the unemployed - black and white…
Songs of Australian Working Life is a six part radio program that dicusses the evolution of music with lyrics in Australian working peoples' culture.|Content:|Program 5 : More union records and commissions in the 70's ; Political activism and protest…
Master. Note on container - Rough draft, not to be used.|Contents note :|1. 'She didn't say yes, she didn't say no.' (Ish Jones), intro.|2. (011 sec). Intro for museum.|3. (021) Olwen F. interview.|3. (056) Peter H. interview.|4. (121) music intro.…
Partial Contents note:|1. (004) 1st Melb. 1976 exhibition at Trades Hall.|2. (011) Bought Rick's work.|3. (036) George helped Rick sell his work.|4. (041) Rick did freelance work for union journals, safety posters etc.|5. ( 051) G. more supportive…
Partial contents note:|1. (005) Max knew G. as a relative from young age, 15 years younger than G.|2. (016) G. one of those people you could never say no to.|3. (030) Max also involved in union movement.|4. (091) Ref, to 'Power without glory'.|5.…
Ron Coleman was a journalist writing for the Footscray Mail's 'The western times.'|Contents note:|1. (004) When & where Ron first met George at Footscray Mail.|2. (018) Wednesday: George's round, meetings etc.|3. (039) [VSCU] newspaper for…
Contents note:|1. (009) Met George mid to late 1960's.|2. (016) George had lists of tasks to be done.|3. (029) R. Fordham assisted with Hamer Gov. buying Henderson House for FCAC.|4. (037) George tried to broaden image of what trade unions were…
Ross Gibbs on Carringbush Library and its set up.|Partial contents note:|1. (003) When, where, why met George.|2. (008) George & libraries & their role.|3. (032) Assisted with funding search for Carringbush Library.|4. (061) FCAC ref.|5. (150)…
Partial contents note:|1. 1st met George 1962 re Meat Industry Award.|2. D. C. industrial relations for W. Angliss organization.|3. Award re cover for Metro Abattoirs.|4. George's reputation - speak to & trust him.|5. Meat industry relations. Not as…
Partial contents note:|1. Esme met George at FIT in the early 70's.|2. Ethel met George in 1981at Footscray Historical Society.|3. George; a driving force in Footscray.|4. George brought newspaper cuttings, minutes of meetings etc. to F.H.S.|5. G.…
George Seelaf's early childhood and life in Footscray during the Depression.|Partial contents note:|1. First met GS 1920-21.|2. Hyde St. school.|3. GS went to Williamstown.|4. GS a solid boy.|5. Lived in Maribyrnong St at the Ship Inn.|6. GS's…
