Archival Resources Details Jack Heffernan interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project
- Title
- Jack Heffernan 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 1948/38
- 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