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Archives Office of Tasmania
 		 [Repository details]
Title:Neil Batt Papers
Reference:NS 603
Date Range:1879 - 1978
Description:Correspondence; notes; text of speeches; subject files; includes papers of Australian Workers' Union and minutes of meetings, 1925-1933 of the Launceston Trades and Labor Council
Quantity:3 m
Access:Access at discretion of the State Archivist.
Related Entries:Australian Workers Union (i), AWU (1905 - 1976) | Batt, Neil (1947 - ) | Launceston Trades and Labor Council
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National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
 		 [Repository details]
Title:Bob Pringle Papers
Reference:NLA MS 7679
Date Range:1972 - 1990
Description:Includes: manuscripts, typescripts, leaflets, circulars, affidavits, correspondence, notes, cuttings, minutes and miscellaneous material relating to the Australian Building Construction Employees' & Builders' Labourers' Federation and the Australian Workers' Union.
Quantity:14 boxes (2 m)
Access:Contact the repository for access details
Related Entries:Australian Building Construction Employees & Builders Labourers Federation (i) (1972 - 1974) | Australian Building Construction Employees & Builders Labourers Federation (ii) (1976 - 1986) | Australian Workers Union (i), AWU (1905 - 1976) | Australian Workers Union (iii), AWU (1988 - 1993)
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National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
 		 [Repository details]
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1988
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Barry Egan
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Barry Egan, former State Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union and National Secretary of the Shop Assistants' Union. Includes reference to: joining the union; membership campaigns; Illawarra industrial relations; Keith Murphy's appointment as Secretary; his election as NSW Secretary; amalgamation with the AWU; proposed merger of BWIU, AWU and Shop Assistants' Unions; his relations with the NCC; his involvement with the ACTU; Hawke's purchase of Bourke's Store; right and left factions; his relations with Wran and Whitlam; relations with the Retail Traders' Association; unsuccessful campaigns; performance of the unions in different states; relations with other unions; relinquishing the Secretaryship; main legacy to the Union ; extended trading hours.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:4 sound tape reels
Access:Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Australian Council of Trade Unions (i), ACTU (1947 - 1979) | Australian Council of Trade Unions (ii), ACTU (1979 - 1981) | Australian Workers Union (i), AWU (1905 - 1976) | Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (ii) (1962 - 1991) | Egan, Barry (1933 - ) | Retail Traders Association of Australia (1989 - 1991) | Shop Assistants & Warehouse Employees Federation of Australia (1908 - 1972)
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The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University
 		 [Repository details]
Reference:E154; E158; N117; P33; M44; M45
Date Range:1881 - 1986
Description:Head Office: All types of union records for the AWU, Head Office, NSW, Queensland and Western Australian Branches.
Quantity:61 m
Access:Contact repository for details
Related Entries:Amalgamated Shearers Union of Australasia (1887 - 1894) | Australian Carriers Union (1912 - 1950) | Australian Workers Union (i), AWU (1905 - 1976) | General Labourers Union of Australasia (1891 - 1894) | Queensland Labourers Union (1889 - 1892) | Queensland Shearers Union (1887 - 1892) | United Laborers Protective Society of New South Wales (1883? - 1941)
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The University of Melbourne Archives
 		 [Repository details]
Reference:93/42
Date Range:1965 - 1990
Description:Victorian/Riverina Branch: Annual reports and balance sheets, 1965-1990 (incomplete series); Official reports of Annual Conventions, 1968-1987 (incomplete series).
Quantity:0.1 m
Access:Restricted
Related Entries:Australian Workers Union (i), AWU (1905 - 1976) | Australian Workers Union (iii), AWU (1988 - 1993)
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002
Based on "Parties to the Award" published 1994.
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Updated: 29 June 2006
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