Federated Clerks Union of Australia newsletters
Federated Clerks Union of Australia newsletters
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Approximately 1950 to 1970
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0.25 metres of textual material (2 boxes)
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Newsletters produced by the branch of the Union responsible for wharf work, in particular Tally Clerks, during a period of considerable change on the Sydney waterfront. The first of these newsletters coincides with the rise of factions within the union of communists and Movement workers and by the end, of the introduction of containerisation. Most...
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Federated Clerks Union of Australia newsletters
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The FCU was formed in 1911 by 107 clerical workers in Melbourne. At this time offices were still staffed mainly by male clerks, though women were entering this field in increasing numbers. Wages and working conditions were very poor, with male clerical workers earning less than the basic wage of 48 shillings a week and women entitled to only half t...
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Cataloguing in process
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n88XXb8n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88XXb8n
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9606032
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