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Plumbers Union

Interview:

Wallace Trohear

Time:

01:01:26

Wallace Trohear explains the programs put in place to raise suicide awareness in the industry, including Mates in Construction and the Workplace Intervention Program.

Interview:

Vince Dobinson

Time:

00:42:24

Vince Dobinson reflects on his time as President of the Queensland Building Trades Group and describes working closely at the time with the BWIU.

Interview:

George Britten

Time:

00:58:19

George Britten discusses the two legal identities of the Plumbers Union, pertaining to federal and state levels.

Interview:

George Britten

Time:

00:52:28

George Britten speaks about his involvement with other street marches in the early 1970s as well as peace organisations. He talks about his educational involvement with university students at Caloundra.

Interview:

George Britten

Time:

00:44:38

George Britten discusses the Plumbers Union campaign for the 38 hour week in 1982, including the strategies and reasoning behind it.

Interview:

George Britten

Time:

00:42:50

George Britten recounts his personal experience of the 1976 to 1979 Plumbers Union strike calling for the Federal Award to apply in Queensland.

Interview:

George Britten

Time:

00:37:55

George Britten discusses employer resistance to union delegate demands and workplace injuries stemming from a lack of adequate safety standards.

Interview:

George Britten

Time:

00:36:10

George Britten talks about the areas which he was involved with in Brisbane as a unionist. He comments on how he would nominate himself as a union delegate.

Interview:

George Britten

Time:

00:31:50

George Britten comments on the impact of the 1957 Queensland Labor Party split on the union movement in Queensland. He talks about his experience with the Building Trades Group.

Interview:

George Britten

Time:

00:29:03

George Britten discusses the uncommon lack of tension between the communists and non-communists within the PU during the 1950s.