New Zealand Clerical Workers' Union

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Manuscript

O'Connell, Therese, fl 1970-1992 : Papers

Date: 1970-1992

By: O'Connell, Therese Frances Mary, 1951-

Reference: MS-Group-0223

Description: The collection includes correspondence, clippings, leaflets, discussion papers, minutes and other material relating to O'Connell's involvement in the Wellington District Trades Council, Clerical Workers Union and Federation of Labour Women's Advisory Committee. Also included are papers relating to women's liberation politics and organisations, the Progressive Youth Movement and student politics, H-Block Committee and other organisations relating to Irish independance, politics, equal pay and pay equity, the Working Women's Alliance', Aro Street Action group, TEP Action Committee, abortion rights and women in trade unions. Source of title - supplied title Relationship complexity - Two poster collections created by Theresa O'Connell, the "Therese O'Connell Poster Collection" and the "Dan Long Library Poster Collection" are held at the J.C. Beaglehole Room, Victoria University of Wellington. See www.library.victoria.ac.nz for online finding aids. Since the 1970s Therese O'Connell has been active in the women's and trade union movements. Quantity: 18 box(es). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available for the 90-214 accession. Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Posters relating to women's liberation, music, student politics, Irish politics and other political movements transferred to Ephemera. Processing information: Accession 90-214 is input to item level except for boxes 9 and 10, the contents of which require further sorting and which are input at box level only. Accession 92-302, apart from the contents of box one which are described to item level, is input only to box record level and requires further sorting.

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Interview with Maxine Gay

Date: 3 Dec 1999 - 03 Dec 1999

From: Trade union oral history project

By: Gay, Maxine, 1951-

Reference: OHInt-0478/02

Description: Maxine Gay was born in Timaru in 1951. Recalls having a baby and getting married at a young age. Describes working for the YWCA and discovering feminism, attending Massey University, involvement in Womens Refuge and employment with the Palmerston North City Council. Discusses the Local Body Officers Union and getting equal pay rates for PEP workers. Discusses feminism in the work place, her skill at organising and the position of women in her union. Talks about membership of the Clerical Workers Union (CWU) and a position as CWU organiser, her love of bargaining and the impact of her work on her family life. Describes the breakup of the CWU. Discusses compulsory unions, compulsory arbitration and the impact of deregulation. Recalls becoming secretary of the Trade Union Federation (TUF) and the failure to mobilise action around the Employment Contracts Act (ECA). Comments on the acceptance of the market economy by the NZ Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU). Talks about union involvement at the international level. Discusses the need to `fight back' and keep the pressure on the Labour and Alliance parties. Recalls the main influences on her career including Marx, the Workers Communist League and the Organisation for Marxist Unity and her desire to organise amongst the unemployed and the community. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Shaun Ryan Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007220-OHC-7222 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.55 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1795. Colour photo of Maxine Gay in abstract Search dates: 1951 - 1999

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Clerical Union photographs

Date: [ca 1960s-1980s]

From: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions :Photographs

By: Armstrong, Hazel, 1952-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Paper Clip (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-10045-2

Description: Photographs relating to the Clerical Workers Union and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, ca 1970-1985. Identified photographers include Bob Kerr, Hazel Armstrong, Joe Hughes, Don & Beatrice Peat, Dominion and New Zealand Times, and Vecuz Manila Hotel Studio. Identified personalities include: Syd Jackson, Les Hewett, Quentin Mines, Connie Perdue, Graeme Kelly, Paul Garside, Pat Basham, Margaret Flanagan, E E Nellie, Therese O'Connell, Peter Palmer, Bill Thomas, Brian Brooks, Tony [Nealy?], Alan Simm, John Young, Ted Keating, Bid Bolding (G M Petone), J Inglis-Wright, Peter Michael Butler, Desmond `Des' Nolan, John Slater, Gerard Hill, David Lange, Mrs E Timms, Mary Batchelor, Marilyn Marshall, Dave and Petty Jacobs, Peter Gordon, and Graeme Lowie. Meetings, events, disputes, campaigns, and protests covered include: the New Zealand Clerical Award (1972), Auckland Union Social Club, Clerical News, field trips for `Paper Clip' magazine (Hawkes Bay, Masterton, Martinborough, and Palmerston North), the Cleaners' Union strike at Waiouru Military Base (1979), FIET meeting dinner, negotiations in the early 60s and 70s, departure of an aid ship to Ethiopia (organised by the Seamen's Union), opening of the Clerical Union Holiday Home in Rotorua, and Desmond Nolan at the first meeting of the International Technical Federation of Commercial Clerical and Technical employees in Manila. Miscellaneous images and events covered include: portrait of low paid workers, newspaper clipping relating to the death of Desmond Nolan, aerial view of Sydney and Harbour Bridge, and a cartoon of pilot shaking hands with office worker in skyscraper. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints and newspaper clippings Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 2008-119 : New Zealand Council of Trade Unions: Further records.

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Interview with Ellen Bell

Date: 22 April 1994 - 22 Apr 1994

From: Labour Movement Oral History Project - Part II

By: Bell, Ellen Edith, 1918-2007

Reference: OHInt-0059/02

Description: Ellen Edith Bell (nee Collins) born Auckland. Recalls early life in a political family. Gives early memories of school and on feeling different politically and being a Catholic in a Methodist Community. Describes difficulties getting jobs, 128 applicants for one job. Describes social life with reference to Catholic Church functions. Talks about World War II employment - manpowered to work in hospital. Recalls boss joining New Zealand Freedom Association, the forerunner of the National Party. Self joined New Zealand Labour Party. Recalls joining Clerical Workers Union and mentions Clerical Workers Union Conference in Invercargill, 1963. Gives views of Finton Patrick Walsh. Refers to State Department Bursary and recalls going to Geneva and USA on Bursary. Comments on: Unqualified Preference Clause (Compulsory Unionism); State Housing and market rents; retirement age with reference to pressure put on women to retire at fifty four and men at sixty. Speaks on women during depression and women in World War II. Venue - Hamilton Interviewer(s) - Robert Paton Venue - 492 Grey Street, , Hamilton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006029-006030 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1353.

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[Ephemera of approximately A0 size concerning aviation in New Zealand, collected by Ber...

Date: 1988

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

By: Airline Stewards and Hostesses of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers; New Zealand Airline Pilots Association; New Zealand Clerical Workers' Union; New Zealand Engineering Union; New Zealand Institute of Marine and Power Engineers

Reference: Eph-E-ROTH-Aviation

Description: Includes: 1988: 'Air New Zealand. Your Airline (for how long?)'. Poster authorised by several aviation-related unions regarding the partial privatisation of Air New Zealand [1988?]. Quantity: 1 Poster(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 835 x 590 mm.

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Interview with David Jacobs

Date: 7-14 December 1998 - 07 Dec 1998 - 14 Dec 1998

From: Trade union oral history project

By: Jacobs, David, 1927-

Reference: OHInt-0478/34

Description: David Jacobs born Auckland 1927. Gives some family background - parents from England. Recalls leaving school aged 14 years; first job in the office of Dominion Dental Supplies; being manpowered to Westfield Freezing Works, remaining manpowered after the war; joining Clerical Workers in 1950. Talks about: disbanding Labour Youth League; Conscription Referendum; Peace and Anti Conscription Campaign. Mentions Dick Barter, Arthur Herring and Jeff Turner. Describes progression through union, becoming Secretary of Auckland Clerical Workers Union (CWU) in 1961 and Workers Representative Arbitration Court in 1978. Other topics discussed include: Equal Pay Commission; Processors Union; Motion Picture Projectionists Union; CWU Arbitration case conducted by Des Nolan; ousting of F P Walsh; Auckland Public Accounts Union; role played by women members, with reference to Mary Batchelor, Elizabeth Tennet and Sonya Davies; education programmes; CWU reaction to international events with reference to Vietnam War; efforts to incorporate computer technology; memories of Tony Neary; recollections of Federation of Labour (FOL); Communist element in CWU; Muldoon era; wage freeze; compulsory unionism; CWU bargaining strategy; history of Arbitration System; Retailers Association and late nights in Christmas Act; 1977 Industrial Commission case; General Wage Order Application. People mentioned include: Peter Butler; Ian Still; Brian Brook; Reatha McInnes; Charlie Jamieson; Syd Jackson; Frank Thompson; Des and Margaret Nolan; James Wattie; Ian McKay; Peter Luxford; Elizabeth Morris; Hugh Campbell; Arthur Herring; Margaret Flanagan Connie Purdue; Ted Blacker; Charlie Hunter; Charlie Dawson; Ken Baxter; Jock Barnes; Dave Morgan; Ken Douglas; Tom Skinner; Jim Knox; Sid Wheatley; Graeme Ogilvie; Sid Wheatley; Terry Gallagher; Rod Trott; Chris Harder and Brian Seddon. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007564-007568 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4.50 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1911.

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Interview with Reatha McInnes

Date: 2, 4 December 1998 - 02 Dec 1998 - 04 Dec 1998

From: Trade union oral history project

By: McInnes, Dorothy Catherine, 1918-2014

Reference: OHInt-0478/13

Description: Dorothy (Reatha) McInnes (nee McLeod) born Masterton 1918, moving to Christchurch and Timaru. Explains father's involvement with the Carpenters Union. Details family history of union involvement. Describes leaving school, her level of education and attending night school. Describes in detail obtaining first job during the Depression. Recalls losing job three times due to sexual harassment which she describes. Recalls first memories of a trade union, working for Bill Miller in the Storeman and Packers Union in 1945. Explains problems of compulsory unionism. Recalls Pacific Building which was home for a number of Auckland Unions: Sack & Bag Workers, Chemical Workers, Coopers, Dairy Workers, Tom Skinner, Bill Cooley (Theatre Workers), Norma Finch (Confectionery Workers), Hughy Campbell and Elizabeth Morris. Recounts stories of Bill Miller. Recalls brief memories of Arthur Herring. Mentions exemption clauses in the Clerical Workers Award and problems. Discusses work with Clerical Workers Union (Auckland Office) 1966-1974 with reference to Charlie Jamieson and David Jacobs. Describes internal conflict within Clerical Workers Union and the New Zealand Clerical Association - mentions F P Walsh; Des Nolan, Bill Anton, Margaret Flanagan. Explains the role played by the Clerical Workers Union (CWU) in the Equal Pay Campaign, joining the Federation of Labour. Details background to the split between Wellington CWU and NZCWU. Recalls time on Auckland Trades Council. Mentions development of Repetitive Strain Injury and hostility from Wellington CWU Staff. Outlines reasons for the demise of the CWU. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007473-007475; OHLC-003558-003560 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.53 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1890.

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Interview with Sue Piper

Date: 10, 16 November 1999 - 10 Nov 1999 - 16 Nov 1999

From: Trade union oral history project

By: Piper, Susan Margaret, 1951-

Reference: OHInt-0478/18

Description: Susan Margaret Piper born Wellington. Outlines family background - mother, a daughter of Scottish railway engineer, went to university and joined the New Zealand Communist Party. Father, Pip Piper, was a member of the Communist Party and active in the PPTA. Recalls grandmother set up Woodford House School. Discusses politics of family members. Discusses: involvement in the Anti Vietnam war campaign; joining the Labour Party and involvement in the Clerical Workers Union (CWU), with refernce to Des Nolan, David Jacobs, Margaret and Des Nolan, Peter Franks, Tony Neary, Fintan Patrick Walsh, Therese O'Connell, John Slater and Christine Gillespie. Recalls time as employers advocate for the first ever Early Childhood Workers Union voluntary agreement and time as Chair of PSA Child Care Centre. Discusses feminism and its influence. Gives details of rise through union movement and getting involved in the PSA with reference to Ron Smith. Describes the culture of the PSA. Details PSA response to 1988 State Sector Act. Discusses the Employment Contracts Act (ECA), the PSA stance on a general strike against the ECA and the general strike. Talks about compulsory unionism. Outlines involvement with the Suffrage Year Centennial Trust (Whakatu Wahine), with reference to Miriam Dell (Chair), Pat Tairoa, Areta Rewhiti and Lady Judith Hay. Recalls effects of Suffrage Year Centennial. Mentions Working Womens Charter. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007490-007492; OHLC-003579-003581 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.55 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1895.

Manuscript

Papers relating to clerical workers

Date: 1979-1982

From: Franks, Peter Langdon, 1950- : Papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-11694-13

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Papers relating to clerical workers

Date: 1989-1990

From: Franks, Peter Langdon, 1950- : Papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-11694-14

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Papers relating to clerical workers

Date: 1990-1993

From: Franks, Peter Langdon, 1950- : Papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-11694-16

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Papers relating to clerical workers

Date: 1990-1993

From: Franks, Peter Langdon, 1950- : Papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-11694-15

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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[New Zealand ephemera relating to labour, workers and working conditions, trade unions,...

Date: 1983 - 1985

Reference: Eph-A-LABOUR-1983/1985

Description: Includes ephemera produced by: Auckland Unemployed Workers' Rights Centre CARSIL (Coalition Against Repressive Social & Industrial Legislation) National Distribution Union (N.Z.) New Zealand Bank Officers' Union New Zealand Clerical Workers' Union New Zealand Department of Labour New Zealand Federation of Labour. Wellington District Council. Women's Subcommittee New Zealand Public Service Association New Zealand Seamen's Union New Zealand Workers' Union Otago Clerical Workers' Union Wellington Cleaners' Union (critical of Crothall's Wellington Hotel, Hospital, Restaurant and Related Trades Employees' Industrial Union of Workers Workers' Unemployed Rights Centre (Dunedin) Quantity: 3 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and letterpress, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

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Roth, Herbert Otto (Collector): [Ephemera of octavo size relating to labour in New Zeal...

Date: 1909-1980s

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

By: Working Women's Resource Centre (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-ROTH-Labour

Description: Includes: 'The Old New Zealand Federation of Labour "Red-Fed' Auckland Transport Branch Grand Reunion of Men Who Remained Loyal To Their Union in the 1913 Strike', 17 December 1938, programme. The "Industrial Worker" Readers League. Invitation to a "Grand Dance" to be held Friday 5 September 1941. "Industrial worker" Security Certificate for 5 shillings, February 1941. New Zealand Engine Drivers, River Engineers, Marine Engine Drivers, Greasers, Firemen and Assistants' Industrial Union of Workers Wellington Branch Subscription Card. New Zealand Insurance Guild Industrial Union of Workers discount book. NZ Engineering, Coachbuilding, Aircraft, Motor and Related Trades Industrial Union of Workers discount book. New Zealand Nurses Industrial Union of Workers discount book [1989]. Auckland Waterside Workers Industrial Union of Workers. Time Record booklet. National Women's Committee, New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. 'Union Restructuring A Women's Perspective'. Pamphlet, Working Women's Resource Centre. 'Waiho mahi mo te tiaki whaangai, mo te hapuu'. Pamphlet about parental leave in Māori. Working Women's Resource Centre. 'Ko e livi fā'ele ma'ae fa'ē mo e tamai'. Pamphlet about parental leave in Tongan. The Clerical Workers Union. 'That photocopier - is it safe?' Pamphlet (2 copies). The Clerical Workers Union. 'VDUs and your health'. Pamphlet (2 copies). The Clerical Workers Union. 'Repetition strain injury'. Pamphlet (2 copies). The Clerical Workers Union. 'RSI'. Pamphlet. The Clerical Workers Union. 'Who decides our wages and conditions?'. Pamphlet about award talks. The Clerical Workers Union. 'It pays to belong'. Pamphlet. The Clerical Workers Union. 'Are you being paid what you are worth?'. Pamphlet about pay equity [1986]. The Clerical Workers Union. 'Protect your award, it protects you'. Pamphlet. The Clerical Workers Union. 'Welcome to The Clerical Workers Union'. Pamphlet. The Clerical Workers Union. 'I'm over the exemption figure, should I join?' Pamphlet. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. 'Psst Do you deliver milk? You have rights at work so read this!' Pamphlet. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. 'Woooah!!! Hey you! Do you deliver milk, newspapers or collect rag bags? Are you getting a fair deal? Read on!' Pamphlet. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. 'Your award is there to protect you'. Pamphlet (2 copies). New Zealand Bank Officers' Union. 'Maternity leave. Everything you wanted to know but didn't know who to ask'. Pamphlet. New Zealand Bank Officers' Union. 'Renovations. You weren't hired to work on a building site, but...' Pamphlet. (2 copies). New Zealand Bank Officers' Union. 'A special message to part-timers'. Pamphlet. (2 copies). New Zealand Bank Officers' Union. 'Union Rep'. Pamphlet. (2 copies). New Zealand Bank Officers' Union. 'So you are thinking of resigning'. Pamphlet. (2 copies). New Zealand Bank Officers' Union. 'May we introduce ourselves?' Pamphlet. New Zealand Bank Officers' Union. 'Being a working parent'. Pamphlet. New Zealand Bank Officers' Union. 'A special welcome to the new union rep'. Pamphlet. The Council for Equal Pay and Opportunities and the Coalition for Equal Value Equal Pay. 'Support Pay Equity'. Pamphlet. Sun Alliance Insurance Group. 'Trade Union Personal Insurance Plan'. Pamphlet with foldover envelope flap. 'This letter is addressed to the workers of Auckland'. Typescript sheet advertising seminar for workers and students during Capping Week at the University of Auckland. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

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[Ephemera of approximately A3 size concerning labour in New Zealand, collected by Bert ...

Date: 1980-1989

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

By: Auckland Unemployed Workers Rights Centre; Auckland Unemployed Workers Union

Reference: Eph-C-ROTH-Labour-1980s

Description: Includes: 1980s: New Zealand Federation of Labour. 'The men and women of Kinleith fight for us all'. Published by the New Zealand Federation of Labour. Prepared by Patricia Sarr and the Education Subcommittee of the Wellington Trades Council [1980s]. 'Demand Your Rights!...Support the campaign to defend living standards'. [1980s]. Clerical Workers Union. 'My Union My Insurance'. [1980s]. Auckland Trades Council. NZ Federation of Labour. 'New Zealand Federation of Labour campaign to defend living standards'. [1980s]. 'I'm the Manager. I don't need the Union! [1980s]. National Office New Zealand Labourers Unions. 'Master Builders Impression of a Builders Labourer of the future... We Demand a Wage Increase Now'. [1980s]. 'This job is a union job. And we are proud to be members of the N.Z. Engine Drivers, Firemen, Greasers, and Assistants Industrial Union of Workers'. [1980s]. 'The New Zealand Engineering, Coachbuilding, Aircraft, Motor and Related Trades Industrial Union of Workers Union Fees'. [1980s]. Northern Hotel, Hospital, Restaurant & Related Trades Employees' Industrial Union of workers. 'Accident Compensation and You. Don't forget to report all accidents to your employer and your union. We are here to help'. [1980s] 'The I.W.W. Plan for Industrial Unionism'. Photocopy of IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) poster [1980s] 'One Big Union. Industrial Workers of the World'. Photocopy of IWW poster in two pieces (fomerly held together with adhesive tape) [1980s]. 'Caution'. Facsimile of British poster from 1834 threatening transportation for persons joining unions. [1980s]. 1980: Workers' Communist League. 'Fight For The Working Women's Charter'. [1980] 1981: Wellington Unemployed Workers Union. 'Out of work. Unemployed and temporary workers meeting Wednesday November 25th 7.30 pm'. [1981]. 1982: New Zealand Federation of Labour. 'Fight back against cuts in living standards. FOL-CSU public rally, Thursday 28 October. Assemble 12 noon at C.P.O. March to Aotea Sq. at 12.30 pm' [1982]. May Day Committee. 'May Day 1982. Internatonal Workers Day'. 1983: May Day Committee. 'May Day Rally. March up Queen St from Queen Elizabeth Square at 1 p.m. Sunday May 1, 1983.' Auckland Unemployed Workers' Union and Auckland Unemployed Workers Rights Centre. 'March against unemployment. Mon Oct 17 12.30 pm QE II Square'. [1983]. Auckland Unemployed Workers' Union and Auckland Unemployed Workers Rights Centre. 'March against unemployment. Tues Oct 18 12.15 pm meet outside Carter Holt Harvey Gt South Rd'. [1983]. 1984: Combined State Unions. 'An invitation from Sir Robert Muldoon... RSVP 14 July 1984. Use your judgement for a fair deal at work'. Canterbury Trade Unions. 'He Has Abused Us too Much. Let's stop the rot on 14 July 1984'. 'May Day Rally...1 pm Sunday 29 April' [1984] (2 copies). 'Bye Bye Rob'. Poster with close-up image of Sir Robert Muldoon's face. [1984]. Combined State Unions. 'Remember remember the 10th of November...Elecgtion issues 1984'. 'Don't let the $1,000 a week man tear up our living standards. Support the F.O.L. action'. [1984]. 2 copies; 1 copy with 'All out on the 20th rally and march from the Town Hall at 1.00 pm' printed across the top of the poster). Auckland District Workers' Communist League. 'Dump National... before it dumps you!' [1984]. Wellington Unemployed Workers Union. '1975: 1000 unemployed; 1981: 70000 Unemployed; 1984: ? Unemployed. National Thinks Big. Vote National - Lose your job! Vote Labour - put Rob on the dole'. 1986: 'XIth World Trade Union Congress. 'Solidarity for Equality, Development and Peace'. [1986]. 'XIth World Trade Union Congress. 'A New Economic Order Is Vital' [1986]. 'Peace, Jobs. Development. XIth World Trade Union Congress Berlin GDR 16th 22th [sic] September 1986'. New Zealand Federaton of Hotel, Hospital, Restaurant and Related Trades Unions. 'Award service to Union Members. N.Z. Licensed Hotel Workers Award 1986'. 'Support the Federation of Labour 1986 Wage Claim'. Bank officers Union. 'Do you work with machines like me? If so, read on... Do you suffer from Eyestrain Backaches Headaches Dizziness'. 1987: 'The CTU Makes Sense'. [1987]. 'The New Zealand Federation of Labour believes... we must encourage the Labour Government in four main areas...It will not be enough to get the Labour Government back again. We have to re-elect the Labour Government and keep them going in the right direction'. [1987]. 'Are We All Over The Place Or All Together? The CTU Makes Sense'. [1987]. 1988: 'May Day May 1st 1988 March Aotea Square 1pm'. (2 copies) Otago District Council of the NZCTU. 'No Turning Back! To the wages and conditions of the 1930s'. [1988]. 1989: Trade Unionists Against the Compact. 'Workers need strong democratic unions! Say No to the Compact'. [1989] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Prints, mainly photolithographs, varying sizes.

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Union personalities, conferences, campaigns, and related images

Date: [ca 1976]-1991

From: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions :Photographs

By: Dominion (Newspaper); Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-

Reference: PAColl-10045-1

Description: Photographs relating to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, ca 1960-1991. Identified photographers include Bob Kerr and the Evening Post newspaper. Identified figures include Peter Gordon, Pat Kelly, Ken Douglas, Sonia Davies, Victoria Kessing, Sharon Hawke, Barry Tucker, David Thorp, Stuart McCaffey, Joe [Fefania?], Bill Rowling, Noel Harris, Alex Weir, Russ Petersen, Henry [Tetau?], Penny Bright, Tony Allen, Archie Grant, Peter Butler, Peter Dunne, Graeme Clarke, and others. Identified organisations, groups, and companies include the Federation of Labour Women's Sub-Committee, Clerical Union, New Zealand Drivers' Federation, Shop Employees Union, Cleaning Union, the Wairarapa Trades Council, Upper Hutt City Council, Coach Workers' Union, Crothall and Company, Todd & Company and their staff soccer team, Ford New Zealand, and the New Zealand Labour Party. Strikes, disputes, demonstrations, and campaigns covered include: Hotel Workers strike, `Stop the Cuts' march, security officers' dispute, Saturday Shopping campaign, closure of the Johnsonville Tip-Top ice cream factory, New Zealand Samoan's citizen rights demonstration, and a Christchurch rally against Merv Wellington and the Ministry of Education. Miscellaneous images feature unemployed men in Porirua, grafitti regarding job cuts [Seaview, Petone?], the Patea Freezing Works, the Labour Party's election campaign (Wairarapa), and group portraits from the 40 year commemoration of the return to work after the 1951 waterfront lockout (including workers and their wives). There is also some manuscript material relating to this last image, which includes a cover letter, a typescript of the poem `Ban the Bomb' by R J Morris, and a list of waterfront workers' names. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints, printed matter Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 2008-119 : New Zealand Council of Trade Unions: Further records.

Manuscript

Trade union file

Date: 1976

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-21/10

Description: Newsletters, information sheets and correspondence relating to union attitudes toward apartheid and sport; includes information package for union delegates by HART and NAAC Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Various artists :[Cartoons submitted to, or used by "Paper clip", the magazine of the N...

Date: 1970 - 1985

By: Clifton, active 1970s; Lock, active 1970s

Reference: A-344-083/164

Description: Contains original cartoons, some anonymous, some by Clifton and Lock, some submitted by the General Secretary of the New Zealand Labour Party David Exel. Also contains photocopies of other cartoons submitted to the periodical, including some by Clifton. Includes cartoons featuring the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, trade unionists, right wing attitudes, rednecks in Rhodesia. Includes some original artwork depicting food, packaged as in a supermarket, some with comparisons of previous prices. Quantity: 17 original cartoon(s). 6 photograph(s). 65 photocopy/ies. 9 newsclippings. 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, photocopies, and newsclippings, sizes varying. Provenance: Donated by the New Zealand Clerical Workers' Union in 2000.

Manuscript

Subject files

Date: [1987-1989]

From: Women Against Pornography : Records

Reference: 2004-249-066

Description: Subject files (1) Ministerial committee of inquiry campaign; (2) Anti-pornography proposal campaign; and (3) Focus weeks (1987-1989) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Notes and clippings - Clerical workers

Date: 1973-1979

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-35/21

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).