Mrs Minnie Maloney

Subject

Women & Work|Munitions|Trade Unions

Description

Master
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 Disc 2
sound disc (65 mins) :digital, stereo ;4 3/4 in.

Creator

Rod Faulkner

Publisher

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc
Melbourne, (Vic.)

Format

Sound Recording

Identifier

130104582
VMLMW

Date Created

1984

Citation

Rod Faulkner, “Mrs Minnie Maloney,” Melbourne's Living Museum of the West , accessed April 27, 2024, https://mlmw.omeka.net/items/show/9279.