New Zealand Freezing Workers' Union
Interview with Wes Cameron
Date: 5 May 1999
From: Trade union oral history project
By: Cameron, Wesley Raymond, 1928-2006
Reference: OHInt-0478/08
Description: Wes Cameron was born in Belfast, Christchurch in 1928. He left school in 1941 and he discusses his first jobs and what catalysed his interest in workers' rights. Discusses work in freezing works and shearing. Discusses involvement in Labour Party and the New Zealand Workers Union and time as organiser of Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland Freezing Workers Union. Became a full-time union organiser in 1965 and in 1972 became secretary/treasurer. Discusses work conditions of labourers and slaughtermen and the formation of the New Zealand Freezing Workers Union, to which he was elected vice president. Discusses 1964 Meat Hygiene Regulations. Explains political in-fighting in union and difficulty of developing international solidarity. Discusses women workers in the freezing works. Describes positions held in Trades Council and eight years spent on the Federation of Labour Executive. Discusses time on the Arbitration Court. Discusses leaving the trade union movement in 1985, and the change in the movement since 1984, particularly in reference to the formation of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Explains the importance of class distinctions. Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007235, OHC-007239, OHC-007240, OHC-007291 - OHC-007293 Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 5.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1801.
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1963-1964
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/07
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1958-1959
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/03
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Information bulletins - Other unions
Date: 1951
From: Scott, Richard George, 1923-2020: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8572-07
Description: Copies of illegal information bulletins, published by the miners', freezing workers' and other unions Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1955-1957
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/02
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'Sorry, full up - the seamen and stewards have it perma...
Date: 1973
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: B-134-393
Description: This cartoon is a reaction to the FOL's planned scheme for cheap holiday homes for workers and features a worker driving up to the office of one of the motel-type accomodation blocks. The manager tells him the words that form the title of this cartoon, that it is full because of block bookings by some unions. Other Titles - FOL Holiday Homes Haven - Peace and rest for the country's oppressed Extended Title - Cheap holiday homes for trade unionists planned by FOL Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 280 x 356 mm
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1967
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/09
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1960
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/04
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1973-1974
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/14
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1975-1978
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/15
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1969-1971
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/11
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1973
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/13
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1964-1966
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/08
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :The freezing industry. [1 May 1984].
Date: 1984
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning industry and industrial relations. Published in the Auckland star, 1977-1984].
Reference: A-334-026
Description: Shows members of the freezing workers union dancing around a maypole labelled "The Freezing Industry", which cracks and groans. Published in the Auckland Star on 1 May 1984. Mayday is traditionally the day for trade unions. Other Titles - The 1st of May. Tra La! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 190 x 233 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1950-1954
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/01
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1967-1969
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/10
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1963
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/06
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with trade unions - Freezing workers
Date: 1961-1962
From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-4100-20/39/05
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Trade union protest march in 1976
Date: 1976
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1453
Description: All frames show people at a trade union protest march in 1976, relating to the Government's economic policies. Marchers include workers and union officials. Various placards and banners read "Freezing Workers ... Cut profits, not wages"; "Unity is strength"; NZ Harbour Board Workers [Wellington?] Branch"; "Workers speak up. Call your unions"; "NZ Seamans Union. Wellington Branch"; "Cooks and Stewards Union"; Govt are law breakers"; and, "End wage fixing". They appear to be marching from central Wellington, through Newtown, with the carillon visible in the background (frames 10 & 11). A Māori man is talking to a pākehā (wearing a beret) who is sitting on a bicycle with a large bin on the back of the bike. The bin is covered with posters and on top a notice reading "Sin Collector Peace". Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film