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Archival Resources Details Interview with Alan Wilson, unionist, member of Council of Amalgamated Engineering Union - interviewer, Gilbert Stead

Title
Interview with Alan Wilson, unionist, member of Council of Amalgamated Engineering Union - interviewer, Gilbert Stead
Repository
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Reference
ORAL TRC 2638
Date Range
1980
Description

Oral history recording
Interviewee: Alan Wilson
Interviewer: Gilbert Stead

Interview with Alan Wilson, unionist and member of the Council of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Some of the events and issues covered include: The 1917 General Strike in NSW involving railway and tramway unionists; their subsequent victimisation; his relationship with Ben Chifley; the first AEU journal 'The Magnet'; his years as Secretary of the Council of Railway Shop Committees from 1933 to 1946.

Formats
Audio Tapes
Quantity
1 sound tape reel
Access
Open