Municipal Employees Association of Australia - Australian Trade Union Archives Archival and Heritage Sources

Australian Trade Union Archives
Archival and Heritage Sources

Municipal Employees Association of Australia (1910 - 1914)

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

Title:	Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:	1988
Description:	Oral history recording Interviewee: Peter McMahon Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy Interview with Peter McMahon, trade union official with the Municipal Employees' Union. Includes reference to: working for the Municipal Employees' Union; problems seen as a delegate; industrial action at Bunarong; working for the salaried section; Lake Cargelligo membership drive; union affiliation with the ALP; women in the union movement; equal pay committee; becoming assistant secretary on the MEU; ballot voting; consequences of the ALP split for the union; union involvement in politics; main industrial achievement of MEU; officials he appointed; extension of the Newcastle Branch; differing styles of secretaries; managing 2KY; involvement with TAFE; expansion of the union; involvement in the ACTU; Bob Hawke; leaving the union; Industrial Commission of NSW; his greatest achievements.
Formats:	Audio Tapes.
Quantity:	8 sound tape reels
Access:	Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:	Hawke, Robert James Lee (1929 - )

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University

Reference:	T18
Date Range:	1913 - 1946
Description:	Victorian Division: Minute books; members contribution books; financial records; accident pay register, 1941-1946.
Quantity:	1.05 m
Access:	Contact repository for details
Related Entries:	Federated Municipal & Shire Council Employees Union of Australia (1917 - 1993) \| Federated Municipal Employees Association of Australia (1914 - 1917)

Reference:	M29
Date Range:	1913 - 1929
Description:	Tasmanian Division: Minutes of general, special and committee meetings; members contribution books; financial records; member contributions to the Corporation Employees' Association & Benefit Society, 1913-1919.
Formats:	Microfilm.
Quantity:	1 reel
Access:	Contact repository for details
Related Entries:	Federated Municipal & Shire Council Employees Union of Australia (1917 - 1993) \| Federated Municipal Employees Association of Australia (1914 - 1917)

The University of Melbourne Archives

[Repository details]

Reference:	88/71
Date Range:	1885 - 1983
Description:	Victorian Branch: Municipal Employees' Union journal - The Counsellor. A few other printed items, including a copy of The MEU Guardian, early 1982; 65 photographs - unclear date range - black & white, various sizes, of employees and union officials; photocopies of correspondence, newspaper articles and other items used compiling the union's history.
Formats:	Photographs.
Quantity:	3 boxes (0.3 m)
Access:	Open
Related Entries:	Federated Municipal & Shire Council Employees Union of Australia (1917 - 1993) \| Federated Municipal Employees Association of Australia (1914 - 1917)

Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002
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