Bernard Leunig

Work & Labor - Men - Interviews|Angliss Meat Works, Footscray - Interviews|Meat Industry|Communist Party|Vestey Group, 1934 - Meat Industry - Victoria|Trade Unions - Strikes|Work Experience - Biographies|Leunig Bernard , 1915 -|Seelaf, George - Trade Unions.|Social Life and Customs

Master disc 1 of 2|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 as an apprentice. Post-strike union representation. Union and non-union labour within the work force and the ill-feeling it caused.|9 - 12 mins : Understanding financial circumstances of scab labour. Non-union labour joining the union movement.|12 - 15 mins : Slaughterman tally comparisons between the solo system and chain system. Production comparison of the two methods.|15 - 18 mins : Chain system production method refinement. George Seelaf's involvement in union organisation in the meat industry. Union thuggery.|18 - 21 mins : Fear and suspicion amongst employeees. Changing face of employment in the meat industry and families living on the Estate. Effect of strike on his father's employment within the meatworks.|21 - 24 mins : Father and son on either side of the Angliss fence during the strike.|24 - 27 mins : Bernard's ostracisation from Angliss employees with his 5 years involvement with the strike and later the union movement. Effect of the strike on Borthwicks. Blacklisting of organisations assisting the volunteer labour.|27 - 30 mins : The Vesteys take over in 1934. Application of the federal award.|30 - 33 mins : Changes within industrial relations within the workplace. Reasons for leaving Angliss.|33 - 36 mins : Involvement in disputes committee of the union.|36 - 39 mins : Angliss collapse.|39 - 42 mins : Working in the coldstores. Finishing at Angliss and the move to Smorgons for 9 years then Gilbertsons for 15 years. Influence of the Communist Party union members on Angliss employees in the slaughteroom.|42 - 45 mins : Courage being the union delegate and with Angliss constituents. Joining the Communist Party in the 40's.|45 - 48 mins : Reasoning behind joining the Communist Party during the recession.

Sound Disc 2

sound disc ( 48 mins) :digital, stereo ;4 3/4 in.

Chris Healy

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc.

Melbourne (Vic.)

Sound Recording

130104580

VMLMW

1984