Australian Services Union. NSW Division records relating to Australian Social Welfare Union, ca. 1964-1989

MLMSS 8975

fonds

ca. 1964-1989

420894

4.9 metres of textual material (31 boxes)

Australian Social Welfare Union (1976-1992) came into being in 1976. It was formed from the Australian Association of Social Workers, which had been in existence since 1955. By 1992, Australian Social Welfare Union amalgamated into the Australian Municipal Transport Energy Water Ports Community & Information Services Union, otherwise known as the Australian Services Union [ASU].

Members of the Australian Social Welfare Union now form the Social and Community Services Sector [SACS] Industry Division at a Branch and National level. The addition of the SACS area into the ASU provided a vital link into the private sector, bringing together workers in the SACS area within local government with their colleagues employed by non-government SACS agencies.

Australian Trade Union Archives (ATUA). http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0249b.htm (accessed 3 June 2013)

Australian Social Welfare Union NSW Branch files:

BOXES 1-3
Research papers, reports and legal records including industrial agreements and appeals to the Industrial Commission relating to employee wage and salary conditions and awards in social and community welfare services, ca. 1971-1985, includes records of Australian Social Welfare Union and correspondence with members and reports relating to Family Planning Association, Nurses Association and Home Care Services of NSW.

BOXES 4-9
Printed flyers, records and correspondence of Australian Social Welfare Union social and industrial action mainly relating to federal government cuts to education, child-care, social and community welfare, ca. 1975-1979 1986

Records and correspondence including minutes of meetings Australian Social Welfare Union and other organisations and associations relating to social and community services particularly family and youth services, union organisation and membership, 1976-1988.

State branch membership lists Australian Social Welfare Union, ca. 1976-1983 and members in House Care, 1982-1985

BOXES 9-12
State branch files of, membership contact lists and records and correspondence with NSW Government relating to grants and funding for social and community services including family women, health, youth and disability, 1982-1989

BOXES 12-15
Legal and court records relating to PSA and Home Care Services and Award, ca. 1980-1986

Records and correspondence of NSW Social Welfare Union relating to industrial registration and constitutional amendments, ca. 1976-1985, including legal transcripts and submissions

Legal records relating to Social and Community Services Drug and Alcohol Employees State Award, ca. 1982

Records and correspondence of state branches and legal submissions relating to working conditions wage and award claims in social and community services, youth and home care, 1981-1986

BOXES 16-18
Personnel files and correspondence relating to industrial disputes and dismissals, ca. 1981-1987

BOXES 18- 20
NSW Social Welfare Workers Union relating to industrial disputes and dismissals, ca. 1976-1984

BOXES 21-22
Printed newsletters periodicals relating to NSW Branch secretary Sonia Laverty, 1977-1987

Records and correspondence of ASWU and regional branch records, ca. 1970-1987, including copies of constitution, financial statements, meeting minutes, agreements and awards, and membership

BOXES 23-24
Records and correspondence relating to financial membership including membership forms for NSW Social Welfare Workers Union, ca. 1975-1986

BOXES 25-28
Minutes, reports and records of meetings of Australian Social Welfare Workers Union including NSW and Victoria branch and reports to Federal Council, ca. 1970-1987

BOX 29
Financial records and accounts of ASWU and correspondence mainly with members relating to membership and fees, 1979-1986

BOX 30-31
Appointment diaries, ca. 1984-1986, secretary’s handbook, ca. 1964-1970 and messagebooks, 1985-1986 of Australian Association of Social Workers NSW Branch

Printed publications, newsletters, media releases and reports relating to Social Welfare, 1976-1989, seminar papers, and newspapers relating to women’s work, 1985-1986

Branch reports of Australian Social Welfare Union, ca. 1981 and miscellaneous union records, ca. 1984-1987

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