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Title
Harry Quinn interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project
Repository
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Reference
ORAL TRC 3128/9
Date Range
1994
Description

Oral history recording
Interviewee: Harold F. Quinn
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Harry Quinn, National President of the Transport Workers' Union of Australia. Includes reference to: Becoming a union official; miners' strike; campaign for Sydney taxi drivers; membership campaign; section 88E; raising membership; containers; Wran and the condition of roads; airline disputes; delegate to the Labor Council; caucusing; right and left wing factions; rates for owner drivers; takeovers; blockades; Peter Abeles; Lindsay Fox; negotiating with governments; black bans on wharves; demarcation at Yennora; Labor Council and demarcation; support for other unions; relations with the Waterside Workers' Federation; relations with the Communist Party; Labor Council relations with the ALP; penal clauses; secondary boycotts legislation; illegal strikes; superannuation; proposed amalgamation with the Storemen & Packers' Union; the accord and the ACTU; thoughts on faction fighting.

Formats
Audio Tapes
Quantity
3 sound tape reels
Access
Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use