Federated Ship Painters and Dockers' Union of Australia - New South Wales Branch minute books, 1900-1936, with related material, 1962

MLMSS 3309

fonds

1900-1936,1962

914104

1 volume and 10 boxes of textual material

The New South Wales Branch of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers' Union of Australia dates back to May 1883, when it was known as the Balmain Laborers Union. The rules of the Union were revised in August 1900 and, as a consequence, it adopted Painters and Dockers' Union as its name. On 23 July 1901 the Union affiliated with the Eight Hour Committee. The Union was closely associated with the Sydney Labor Council, which changed its name to the Labor Council of New South Wales in 1908. In 1916 the Union became the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers' Union of Australia. The early history of the Union is related in Issy Wyner's book, With Banner Unfurled (1983), located at ML 331. 8812382 / 2

VOLUME 1
Detailed contents list compiled in the Mitchell Library, 3 pages

BOXES 2-11
Minute books, 31 Jan. 1900-6 Jan. 1936. Includes references to the Sydney Labor Council, 1900-1908, and its successor the Labor Council of New South Wales, 1909-1935; union disputes and strike activity, 1900-1936; the eight-hour movement, 1901-1933; the 'one-big Union' scheme adopted by the Labor Council of New South Wales, 1918-1920; and related material, 1962

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-1187C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Keyword sbjects:

Eight-hour movement -- New South wales