Item 1 - Oral history interviews with former officials of the ACT trade union movement

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AU NBAC N371-1

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Oral history interviews with former officials of the ACT trade union movement

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  • 1997 - 1998 (Creation)

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One folder of transcripts and sound files for 14 interviews

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The people interviewed were: Doug Carpenter, Amos McVeigh, Bill Spellman, Charles McDonald, Athol Williams, Dave Cunningham, Peter O'Dea, Ted Forbes, Des Heaney, Gil Anderson, Jeremy Pyner, George Wason, Rob Hampstead and Bob O'Hara. Most of the interviews were conducted by Ted Forbes, the inaugural Branch President. Ewan Maidment interviewed Peter O'Dea and Frank Mines interviewed Ted Forbes and Charles McDonald. The interviewees talk about their working lives, their roles as union officials, and issues such as enterprise bargaining, the Prices and Wages Accord, and the impact of union restructuring.

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The transcripts are edited versions of the sound files which were originally on cassette tape and are now presented as MP3 files. Preservation copies as wav files are also held.

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