Mrs. Minnie Moloney

Munition workers - Women - Interviews|Ammunition Factory - Footscray - History|Women and 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 processes and conditions had not altered from each war.|6 - 9 mins : As above. WWI work processes. Gender employment roles. Job descriptions.|9 - 12 mins : As above.|12 - 15 mins : As above.|15 - 18 mins : As above.|18 - 21 mins : As above.|21 - 24 mins : Workplace accidents. Employee diligence.|24 - 27 mins : Changes in chemical compositions. WWII work completed by women.|27 - 30 mins : Workplace accidents.|30 - 33 mins : As above. Air raids during the working day.|33 - 36 mins : Working from WWII till she retired at the age of 64 in 1963 .|36 - 39 mins : Temperature stability in each section. Employee comararderie.|39 - 42 mins : Wage rates. Women received 90% of the male rate for the same job roles. Union involvement.|42 - 45 mins : Security. Forewoman of 200 girls averaging 30 girls per shift.|45 - 48 mins : Minnie talks about her charges. Industrial relations with middle management.|48 - 51 mins : Commuting to work. Employment of unmarried women only during WWI. Security. Uniforms.|51 - 54 mins : Socializing out of hours.|54 - 57 mins : Job responsibility. Dress and jewellery code.|57 - 60 mins : Work conditions, meal breaks, shift durations, working week. Work/home life balance. Adjusting to shift work.|60 - 63 mins : Employee idiosyncracities.|63 - 65 mins : As above. Fire & air - raid drills.

Sound recordings 2

1 sound cassette (65 min.) :stereo. ; in container 11 x 7 x 1.8cm.

Rod Faulkner

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West

Sound recording

130103082

VMLMW

VLMW 337

1984