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Healy, James (1898 - 1961) |
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| Born: 22 March 1898 Manchester, England. Died: 13 July 1961. | |||
| Born West Gorton, Manchester, England, Healy fought in the First World War, receiving a medical discharge in 1918. He emigrated to Queensland with his wife and sons in 1925. He was elected to the local committee of management of the Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia [WWF] in 1928 and appointed to the trades and labor council at Mackay in 1929. That same year, he began his term as branch president of the WWF. In 1937 he was elected General Secretary of the WWF and became founding editor of the national journal, The Maritime Worker. From 1942 to 1949, he was a member of the Stevedoring Industry Commission and from 1946 to 1955 oversaw the absorption of the rival Permanent & Casual Wharf Laborers' Union of Australia into the WWF. In 1957, he was appointed to the executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. |
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002 Based on "Parties to the Award" published 1994. Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 29 June 2006 http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE1198b.htm |