Robert George Wardell papers concerning Garden Island Dockyard, 1970-1997

MLMSS 8988

fonds

1970-1997

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

403224

0.5 metres of textual material (3 boxes)

Robert George Wardell papers concerning industrial matters at Garden Island Dockyard. The collection includes correspondence, discussion papers, memoranda, transcripts of proceedings, minutes and agendas, reports, circulars, notes, newsletters, bulletins and photographs, 1970-1997

BOX 1

3 notebooks containing handwritten lists of money received from collections, and notes of meetings and discussions concerning industrial matters, 14 August 1970 - 31 August 1984

6 notebooks containing handwritten notes concerning industrial matters. Notes relate to enterprise bargaining agreements, union and management relations, the Combined Unions Shop Committee [CUSC], Facility Bargaining Committee [FBC], Amalgamated Metal Workers’ and Shipwrights’ Union [AMWSU], 38 Hour Week Working Party, Ship Repair Committee, shop stewards, AMWU [Amalgamated Metal Workers Union], new weapons building, amenities, committee elections, classifications, coppersmiths, plumbers, boilermakers, fitters, riggers, contract workers, Occupational Health and Safety agreements, asbestos training, and retrenchments, 7 June 1982 – 27 June 1997

BOX 2
Papers including correspondence, discussion papers, memoranda, transcripts of proceedings, reports, circulars, notes, newsletters and bulletins. Material concerns Australian Defence Industry award negotiations and decisions, 1988-1989; Ship Repair Tradesmen classification, 1987-1988; workplace competency standards, 1991-1992; award restructuring, reclassification at Naval Engineering Division [NED], minutes of the Facility Consultative Committee, and minutes of the Operations Support Group Award Restructuring Sub Committee, 1989-1991; Garden Island Dockyard restructuring seminars, 1988-1989; reclassification appeals, 1991-1992; photocopy of MTFU Second Tier Content Analysis: List of Categories and Variables, no date

BOX 3
Papers including correspondence, memoranda, notes, minutes and agendas, transcripts of proceedings, newsletters and bulletins and photographs. Material concerns HMA Naval Establishments Employees Determination (No. 44 of 1955), 10 September 1974; Facility Bargaining Committee [FBC], 1993; minutes of the ADI National Consultative Committee, 1993; enterprise agreements, 1993; Second Tier negotiations, 1987; Time Attendance Recording dispute, 1987; introduction of 38 Hour Week, 1981-1984; protective clothing, 1983-1984; submissions on behalf of the CUSC to the Minister for Defence Support, 1983; work practice changes, including minutes of meetings on Changes of Work Practices, 1982-1986; 4 colour and 4 black & white photographs of workers at the Garden Island Dockyard, ca. 1970-1996

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

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