Heffernan, Jack - Australian Trade Union Archives Archival and Heritage Sources

Australian Trade Union Archives
Archival and Heritage Sources

Heffernan, Jack (1916 - )

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: Jack Heffernan Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy Interview with Jack Heffernan, Secretary of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union of Australia. Includes reference to: Communist Party involvement in the Union; joining the ALP; Tom Wright; working in the Union office; industrial democracy; Chifley government; coal strike; conciliation and arbitration in the 1940s and 1950s; ballots; BLF and green bans; cooperation between metal unions; demarcation issues; union officials; penal clauses; equal pay for women; improvements to the arbitration system; TUTA; effect of union work on family and social life.
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:	Australian Builders Labourers Federation, BLF (1911 - 1972) \| Sheet Metal Working Agricultural Implement & Stove Making Industrial Union of Australia (1945 - 1972) \| Sheet Metal Working Industrial Union of Australia (1913 - 1945) \| Wright, Tom (1902 - 1981)

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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