Garden Island Combined Unions Shop Committee records, 1951-1992

MLMSS 8985

fonds

1951-1992

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings

153039

3.14 metres of textual material (19 boxes)

Garden Island Combined Union Shop Committee records concerning industrial matters at the Garden Island Dockyard. The collection includes correspondence, minute books, Department of Defence minute papers, reports, copies of CUSC resolutions, discussion papers, industrial agreements, trade union journals, newsletters, circulars, bulletins, flyers and newscuttings, 1951-1992

BOX 1
Vigilance Committee minute book, 4 September 1951 - 8 December 1953
Vigilance Committee minute book, no cover, 15 December 1953 – 4 July 1955
Vigilance Committee minute book, no cover; includes copies of Vigilance Committee News, 14 June 1956 – 19 August 1958
Vigilance Committee minute book, 25 August 1958 – 21 November 1960
Vigilance Committee minute book, 10 September 1963 – 7 December 1965
Vigilance Committee minute book, 25 January 1966 – 10 February 1972

BOX 2
Vigilance Committee minute book, 16 February 1972 – 15 August 1975
Vigilance Committee minute book, 1 September 1975 – 8 February 1977
Shop Committee minute book, some pages loose, 22 February 1977 – 13 November 1979
Shop Committee minute book, 27 March 1979 – 3 October 1979
Shop Committee minute book, includes copies of resolutions, newsletters, correspondence etc., 4 August 1981 – 2 December 1986

BOX 3
Shop Committee minute book, includes copies of resolutions, circulars, correspondence etc., 7 April 1987 – 14 April 1992
Shop Committee meetings attendance book, 13 September 1972 – 4 April 1973
Shop Committee meetings attendance book, 4 August 1981 – 7 August 1986
Shop Committee meetings attendance book, 12 September 1986 – 30 June 1992

BOX 4
Electrical Fitters Committee minute book, 5 December 1957 – 11 April 1973
Combined Electrical Trades Union minute book, 15 December 1961 – 28 April 1967
Combined Electrical Trades Union minute book, 15 June 1967 – 15 March 1972
Steering Committee Reports book, 1964

BOX 5
Minutes of the Garden Island Vigilance Committee, 1968-1977; Vigilance Committee and management, 1956- 1975; Vigilance Committee correspondence with management, 1968-1972 and 1981; Joint Industrial Committee minutes, 1970-1973; Joint Industrial Committee minutes and correspondence, 1973-1979

BOX 6
Joint Industrial Committee minutes and correspondence, 1982-1983
AMWU [Amalgamated Metal Workers’ and Shipwrights’ Union], journals, 1972-1973; Naval Work Adjustment Allowance [NWAA], NWAA penalties, ca. 1984

BOX 7
Records including correspondence, copies of agreements, notes, newsletters, bulletins and newscuttings. Material includes folders labelled: work practices, wage rates, ca. 1973-1976; government budget, 1975; economy and wages, 1975-1976; industrial democracy resolutions and correspondence, 1984; industrial democracy submissions, 1977-1978 and 1985-1986; industrial democracy, ca. 1973-1984

BOX 8
Records including correspondence; copies of agreements, reports and discussion papers; notes; bulletins and newscuttings. Includes folders labelled: Utilities Building Joint Review, 1984; minutes of Utilities Review Team meetings, 1984

BOX 9
Records including correspondence, copies of agreements and reports, minutes, notes and newscuttings. Material includes folders labelled: leave entitlements, ca. 1981-1982; Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976; campaigns: log of claims for shorter working week, ca. 1976; log of claims results, ca. 1981-1982; politicians correspondence and newscuttings; ca. 1960-1977; Medibank, 1975; photographic identity passes, 1971-1972; mass meeting resolutions, ca. 1984; ministerial correspondence, copies of newscuttings and media releases, 1983-1984

BOX 10
Records including correspondence, notes, circulars, reports, copies of agreements and resolutions. Material includes Review of the Weapons Electronic Structure at Naval Dockyard Garden Island Report, 1976; Weapons Production Group, 1971; cleaning work study, ca. 1976; transcript of proceedings regarding dismissal of Painter and Dockers’ delegate, 1974; weapons delegate and convenor dispute, 1975; Bill Price dispute, 1974; Garden Island security vetting; State and Federal Transport Workers dispute 1973; Garden Island conditions of employment, including wages employee handbook, 1968-1972; discipline code, ca. 1978

BOX 11
Records including correspondence, notes and bulletins etc., concerning Garden Island determinations and agreements, ca. 1968-1971; photocopy of HMA Naval Establishments Employees Determination (No. 44 of 1955), 1981; technological change, 1984

BOX 12
Records including correspondence, copies of resolutions, bulletins, circulars, notes, reports and newscuttings. Material includes FIMA [Fleet Intermediate Maintenance Activity] and Fleet maintenance and ca. 1983; employment ceilings and alternative work; ca. 1974-1976; commercial shipping 1965-1984, including Build the Fleet discussion paper, 1984; Arthur Phillip Tanker docking at Garden Island; Shop Committee and Management correspondence, minutes and agendas, 1975, 1977 and 1982-1984; Garden Island Dockyard Corporate Plan, 1984; general correspondence, 1986, General Manager’s correspondence, 1984-1985; politicians’ correspondence, 1983; shipbuilding, 1984

BOX 13
Records including correspondence, reports and notes concerning Williamstown, 1967-1969; supervisory arrangements: Foremen Grade 1, Leading Hands, ca. 1967; overtime roster, 1963 and 1971; sick leave provisions, 1970-1974; donations, receipts and correspondence, 1973-1977; routine bus, starting time dispute, 1974; pipe fabrication and coppersmiths, no date; Wilson Enquiry: Committee of Enquiry into Industrial Relations in Naval Dockyards, 1974-1975

BOX 14
Records including minutes of meetings, reports and discussion papers concerning the Wilson Enquiry: Committee of Enquiry into Industrial Relations in Naval Dockyards, including transcripts of proceedings and final report, 1974-1975


BOX 15
Records including notes, reports, draft submission and circulars concerning the Commonwealth Naval Dockyard Log of Claims Dispute, 1978-1981; HMA Naval Dockyard, Garden Island, annual report, 1978-1979; correspondence with politicians, 1961-1962, 1969; special rates, 1982; Passive Defence and Emergency Organisation, no date; national wages survey, 1980; wage levels and staff at Garden Island, 1980-1981

BOX 16
Records including notes, reports, discussion papers concerning the Fleet Intermediate Maintenance Authority [FIMA], 1983; Williamstown Naval Dockyard, 1982; Williamstown Naval Dockyard 38 Hour Week Agreement, ca. 1984; No. 1 Machine Shop, productivity meetings, ca. 1979; role of foreman at Williamstown Naval Dockyard, 1984; Garden Island Dockyard Working Parties’ Papers, Foremen – Management Seminar, 1985; General Manager’s circulars, 1984; Combined Staff Association constitution, ca. 1985; training and education, ca. 1968-1977; 38 hour week negotiations, 1982-1984

BOX 17
Records including correspondence, notes and reports concerning the Garden Island Employee Assistance Program (Alcoholism) Committee, 1975-1977; Amenities Enhancement Programme Committee, 1978-1979; Garden Island Vigilance Committee Constitution, 1973; activity job numbers, 1984; Garden Island amenities, 1978-1980; Metal Award campaigns, 1974-1975; maternity and paternity leave, 1973-1976

BOX 18
Records including correspondence, notes and reports concerning Childcare 1975; workers compensation, 1970-1984; Garden Island Modernisation, including Services Duct Project, car parking ca. 1984; Joint Management Review, 1984-1985

BOX 19
Records including correspondence, notes and reports concerning Garden Island Modernisation Advisory Committee, 1977-1984; Federal elections, ca. 1975-1977; Garden Island Dockyard Corporate Plan, 1987; Asbestos Awareness Seminar copies of overheads, no date; amalgamation of fitters/mechanics and ship repair tradesmen, 1986-1987; material management, 1982

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