Building Workers' Industrial Union Archive
This collection consists of records relating to the activities of the Union 1915-1982. It includes: minutes of meetings; membership and financial records; records of industrial disputes, claims and awards; and convention, congress and conference papers.
Archive Location: 409-414L
Series Listing
Series 1: Minutes of Townsville Branch Meetings
Series 2: Minutes of the State Management Committee
Series 3: Meeting papers: State Management Committee
Series 4: Minutes of State Executive
Series 5: Financial Records
Series 6: Membership Cards
Series 7: Membership Ledgers
Series 8: Membership Receipts
Series 9: Membership Lists
Series 10: Membership Correspondence
Series 11: General Correspondence
Series 12: Duplicate Report Books
Series 13: Industrial Matters, Disputes, Claims - Regional Cases
Series 14: B.W.I.U.
Series 15: Queensland Trade Union Congress Papers
Series 16: Federal Conferences
Series 17: Industrial Matters, Dispiutes, Claims State and National Cases
Series 18: Awards, Wage Scales, etc.
Series 19: Ballots, Rules and Internal Documents
Series 20: Special Trade Unions Reports
Series 21: Liaison with Railway Unions and Railway Authorities
Series 22: Liaison with Trades and Labour Council
Series 23: Liaison with other Organisations
Series 24: Publications
Series 25: Alex McL. Wilson papers
Series 26: State and Regional Conferences
Series 27: Papers, Correspondence, circulars etc. belonging to delegate E. Hawton
Detailed Listing
Series 1: Minutes of Townsville Branch Meetings
BWU/MBM 1 Minutes of Committee Meetings, General Meetings and other meetings 10 July 1946 - 9 July 1948
BWU/MBM 2 Minutes of Committee Meetings and General Meetings 7 July 1948 - 28 April 1950
BWU/MBM 3 Minutes of meetings 10 May 1950 - 21 May 1952 (volume water damaged)
BWU/MBM 4 Minutes of Committee Meetings and General Meetings 23 May 1952 - 24 March 1954
BWU/MBM 5 Minutes of Committee Meetings and General Meetings 26 March 1954 - 28 September 1956
Series 2 Minutes of the State Management Committee
BWU/SMC items not individually numbered
Box 1
2 Oct 1961 17 July 1964 5 Nov 1965 21 Oct 1966 27 Oct 1967 4 Dec 1961 31 July 1964 19 Nov 1965 4 Nov 1966 13 Nov 1967 5 Mar 1962 11 Sept 1964 13 Dec 1965 18 Nov 1966 1 Dec 1967 13 Aug 1962 25 Sept 1964 28 Jan 1966 2 Dec 1966 14 Dec 1967 6-7 Dec 1962 9 Oct 1964 14 Feb 1966 23 Jan 1967 19 Jan 1968 4 Feb 1963 23 Oct 1964 25 Feb 1966 3 Feb 1967 2 Feb 1968 27 May 1963 6 Nov 1964 11 Mar 1966 17 Feb 1967 16 Feb 1968 2 Aug 1963 20 Nov 1964 25 Mar 1966 3 Mar 1967 26 Feb 1968 19 Aug 1963 30 Nov 1964 7 Apr 1966 28 Apr 1967 15 Mar 1968 30 Sep 1963 15 Feb 1965 22 Apr 1966 12 May 1967 19 July 1968 20 Jan 1964 26 Feb 1965 6 May 1966 26 May 1967 19 Aug 1968 14 Feb 1964 12 Mar 1965 20 May 1966 9 June 1967 6 Sept 1968 28 Feb 1964 26 Mar 1965 17 June 1966 23 June 1967 27 Sept 1968 13 Mar 1964 9 Apr 1965 1 July 1966 7 July 1967 8 Oct 1968 26 Mar 1964 23 Apr 1965 15 July 1966 21 July 1967 8 Nov 1968 10 Apr 1964 7 May 1965 29 July 1966 31 July 1967 29 Nov 1968 24 Apr 1964 13 Aug 1965 12 Aug 1966 18 Aug 1967 3 Feb 1969 15 May 1964 27 Aug 1965 31 Aug 1966 1 Sept 1967 20 Feb 1969 5 June 1964 24 Sept 1965 23 Sept 1966 15 Sept 1967 28 Feb 1969 19 June 1964 8 Oct 1965
7 Oct 1966 29 Sept 1967 3 July 1964 22 Oct 1965 14 Oct 1966 13 Oct 1967 Box 2
14 - 15 Aug 1975
(2 copies + circular)4 - 5 Nov 1976
(circular)
Series 3: Meeting papers: State Management Committee
BWU/MPSMCI Papers from State Management Committee Meeting 20 - 21 February 1975. 104ff including the text of an award to apply from 1 March 1975, Auditor's Report, press statements, proposals for motions, etc.
BWU/MPSMC2 Papers from State Management Committee meeting 14 - 15 August 1975. 47ff including financial statements, Report on Arrest of Kim Chi Ha, report on Stopwork meeting of 24 July 1975, etc.
BWU/MPSMC3 Papers from State Management Committee meeting 29 - 30 January 1976. 62ff including financial statements, press clippings, summary of points to be raised with Federal Executive etc.
BWU/MPSMC4 Papers from State Management Committee Meeting 23 - 24 November 1987. 29ff including responses to logs of claims
BWU/MPSMC5 Report to the State Management Committee 19 June 1961
Series 4: Minutes of State Executive
BWU/MSE - items not individually numbered
18 June 1974 10 Dec 1974 15 Oct 1975 16 Feb 1976
(2 copies)15 June 1976
(2 copies)23 June 1974 13 Feb 1975 3 Nov 1975 8 Mar 1976 5 July 1976 7 July 1974 21 Apr 1975 24 Nov 1975 29 Mar 1976 26 July 1976 4 Aug 1974 2 June 1975 26 Nov 1975 20 Apr 1976 2 Sept 1974 8 Sept 1975 15 Dec 1975 31 May 1976
(2 copies)
Series 5: Financial records
BWU/FR/1 Receipts and Expenditure ledger 1935 - 1 April 1944
BWU/FR/2 Income and Expenditure ledger October 1943 - June 1949
Series 6: Membership cards
BWU6/MCI Approximately 2000 individuals membership cards of the B.W.I.U. and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, 1915 - 1958. Cards have not been individually numbered or restored to original alphabetical order.
Series 7: Membership ledgers
BWU7/MlI Membership ledger 1942 - 1943
BWU7/ Ml2 Membership ledger 1943
Series 8: Membership receipts
BWU 8/1 Copies of receipts and letters of acknowledgment from State Office for payments from sub-branches. Individual items not numbered.
Cairns April 1974
Townsville 7 April 1975 Townsville Sep 1975 Innisfail Apr 1976 Townsville Nov 1976 Townsville May 1974 Bowen 10 April 1975 Townsville 31 Oct 1975 Townsville May 1976 Cairns Nov 1976 Cairns 3 June 1974 Cairns 1 May 1975 Innisfail 31 Oct 1975 Innisfail May 1976 Cairns Dec 1976/Jan 1977 Cairns June 1974 Townsville 1 May 1975 Bowen 31 Oct 1975 Cairns May 1976 Bowen Dec 1976/Jan 1977 Townsville June 1974 Bowen 1 May 1975 Cairns 31 Oct 1975 Townsville June 1976 Innisfail Dec 1976/Jan 1977 Townsville 5 Aug 1974 Innisfail 1 May 1975 Townsville Nov 1975
Cairns June 1976
Townsville Dec 1976/Jan 1977
Cairns 5 Aug 1974 Innisfail 2 June 1975 Bowen Nov 1975 Innisfail June 1976 Townsville Jan 1977 Cairns 30 Aug 1974 Cairns 2 June 1975 Cairns Nov 1975 Cairns July 1976 Cairns Jan 1977 Townsville 30 Aug 1974 Cairns 3 June 1975 Innisfail 30 Dec 1975 Innisfail July 1976 Innisfail Jan 1977 Townsville Sep 1974 Bowen 2 July 1975 Townsville 30 Dec 1975 Bowen July 1976 Townsville Feb 1977 Cairns Sep 1974
Townsville 3 July 1975 Cairns 30 Dec 1975 Townsville July 1976 Cairns Feb 1977 Innisfail Oct 1974 Cairns 3 July 1975 Townsville 30 Jan 1976
Cairns Aug 1976
Bowen March 1977
Cairns Nov 1974 Innisfail 3 July 1975 Bowen Feb 1976 Bowen Aug 1976 Innisfail March 1977 Townsville 29 Nov 1974 Bowen 30 July 1975 Innisfail Feb 1976 Innisfail Aug 1976 Townsville March 1977 Innisfail 29 Nov 1974 Cairns 30 July 1975 Cairns Feb 1976 Cairns Sep 1976 Cairns March 1977 Townsville 6 Jan 1975 Townsville 30 July 1975 Townsville Feb 1976 Townsville Aug 1976 Townsville Apr 1977 Innisfail 31 Jan 1975 Innisfail 30 July 1975 Townsville Mar 1976 Townsville Sep 1976 (2) Bowen Apr 1977 Cairns 31 Jan 1975 Innisfail 29 Aug 1975
Townsville Apr 1976
Bowen Sep 1976
Innisfail Apr 1977
Townsville 31 Jan 1975
Townsville 29 Aug 1975 Innisfail Mar 1976 Townsville Oct 1976 (2) Cairns Apr 1977 Innisfail 6 Jan 1975 Bowen 29 Aug 1975 Bowen Mar 1976 Cairns Oct 1976 Townsville Apr 1977 Cairns 6 Jan 1975 Cairns 29 Aug 1975 Bowen May 1976 Bowen Oct 1976 Townsville May 1977 Townsville 27 Feb 1975 Innisfail Sep 1975 Cairns Apr 1976 Innisfail Oct 1976 Bowen May 1977 Innisfail 7 April 1975 Bowen Sep 1975 Cairns Mar 1976 Innisfail Nov 1976 Innisfail May 1977 Cairns 7 April 1975 Cairns Sep 1975
Bowen Apr 1976
Bowen Nov 1976
Cairns May 1977
Series 9 Membership Lists
BWU/ML/1 Bowen Sep 1974
BWU/ML/2 Bowen Mar 1975
BWU/ML/3 Bowen Sep 1975
BWU/ML/4 Bowen Mar 1976
BWU/ML/5 Bowen Sep 1976
BWU/ML/6 Bowen Mar 1977
BWU/ML/7 Bowen Sep 1977
BWU/ML/8 Cairns Sep 1974
BWU/ML/9 Cairns Mar 1975
BWU/ML/10 Cairns Sep 1975
BWU/ML/11 Cairns Mar 1976
BWU/ML/12 Cairns Sep 1976
BWU/ML/13 Cairns Mar 1977
BWU/ML/14 Cairns Sep 1977
BWU/ML/15 Innisfail Sep 1977
BWU/ML/16 Innisfail Mar 1975
BWU/ML/17 Innisfail Sep 1975
BWU/ML/18 Innisfail Mar 1976
BWU/ML/19 Innisfail Sep 1976
BWU/ML/20 Innisfail Sep 1976 (Organisers copy)
BWU/ML/21 Innisfail Sep 1977
BWU/ML/22 Innisfail Sep 1977 (Organisers copy)
BWU/ML/23 Mt Isa Sep 1977
BWU/ML/24 Townsville Mar 1974
BWU/ML/25 Townsville Mar 1975
BWU/ML/26 Townsville Sept 1975
BWU/ML/27 Townsville Mar 1976
BWU/ML/28 Townsville Sep 1976
Series 10 Membership correspondence
BWU/MCOR/1 Adjusting records 1954 - 1961, A - C
BWU/MCOR/2 Adjusting records 1954 - 1961, D - K
BWU/MCOR/3 Adjusting records 1954 - 1961, L - S
BWU/MCOR/4 Adjusting records 1954 - 1961, T - Z
BWU/MCOR/5 Resignations and deaths, 1954 - 1959, A - C
BWU/MCOR/6 Resignations and deaths, 1954 - 1959, D - J
BWU/MCOR/7 Resignations and deaths, 1954 - 1959, K - R
BWU/MCOR/8 Resignations and deaths, 1954 - 1959, S - Z
BWU/MCOR/9 Resignations and deaths, 1959 - 1965, A - C
BWU/MCOR/10 Resignations and deaths, 1959 - 1965, D - H
BWU/MCOR/11 Resignations and deaths, 1959 - 1965, I - L
BWU/MCOR/12 Resignations and deaths, 1959 - 1965, M - Z
BWU/MCOR/13 Membership correspondence estray's, 1974 - 1976
BWU/MCOR/14 Correspondence about members 1955 - 1964
BWU/MCOR/15 Correspondence about Ingham members 1957 - 1964
BWU/MCOR/16 Correspondence about Charters Towers Members 1955 - 1956
BWU/MCOR/17 Correspondence about Charters Towers members 1957 - 1962
BWU/MCOR/18 Resignations - Townsville Sub Branch 1972
BWU/MCOR/19 Resignations Townsville Sub Branch 1969 - 1971
BWU/MCOR/20 Membership correspondence, 1963 - 1972
BWU/MCOR/21 Adjusting records, information from State Office, 1958 - 1965
Series 11 General Correspondence
BWU/GCOR/1 Correspondence to and from politicians 1954 - 1959
BWU/GCOR/2 Correspondence from State Secretary 1957 - 1972
BWU/GCOR/3 Correspondence to and from organisers 1959 - 1972
BWU/GCOR/4 Correspondence 1965 - 1972
BWU/GCOR/5 Correspondence on Workers Compensation
BWU/GCOR/6 Correspondence on industrial matters 1967 - 1970
BWU/GCOR/7 Solicitors correspondence 1946 - 1953
Series 12 Duplicate Report Books
These contain carbon copies of reports and notes from union organisers
BWU/DRB/1 Alan Wilson's report book May 1974 - March 1975
BWU/DRB/2 Alan Wilson's report book, April 1975 - March 1976
BWU/DRB/3 Alan Wilson's report book April 1976 - June 1977
BWU/DRB/4 Alan Wilson's report book July 1977 - December 1977
BWU/DRB/5 Eric Hawton's report book March 1978 - September 1979
BWU/DRB/6 Eric Hawton report book September 1979 - September 1981
Series 13 Industrial matters, disputes, claims - North Queensland cases
BWU/13/1 Correspondence on industrial matters and disputes 1954 - 1961. A - H
BWU/13/2 Correspondence on industrial matters and disputes 1954 - 1961, 1 - M
BWU/13/3 Correspondence on industrial matters and disputes 1954 - 1961, P - Z
BWU/13/4 Correspondence on claims, wages and long service leave 1954 - 1961, A - G
BWU/13/5 Correspondence on claims, wages and long service leave 1954 - 1961, H - L
BWU/13/6 Correspondence on claims, wages and long service 1954 - 1961, M - Z
BWU/13/7 Correspondence on claims (wages and long service leave) 1961 + filed by contractors A - C
BWU/13/8 Correspondence on claims (wages and long service leave) 1961 + filed by contractors D - P
BWU/13/9 Correspondence on claims (wages and long service leave) 1961 + filed by contractors, R - Z
BWU/13/10 Industrial Court transcript in the matter of the Mackay Division and Northern Division parities and Western allowances, 4 May 1960.
BWU/13/11 Application by the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and other unions of employees for a general order to increase parities and western allowance in all relevant areas, 2 July 1957.
BWU/13/12 Documents relating to the Industrial Court hearing in the matter of the Mackay Division and Northern Division parities and western allowances, February 1959.
BWU/13/13 Correspondence and matters concerning Cairns Modern Building Company 1960.
BWU/13/14 Correspondence and industrial claims concerning The Jolly Living Building Company 1960 - 1965,
BWU/13/15 Correspondence about Theiss Bros, Railway Macrossan Bridge 1961 - 1964.
BWU/13/16 Correspondence and working notes relating to disputes during the building of the Travel Lodge Hotel, The Strand, Townsville 1970 - 1971.
BWU/13/17 Correspondence and working notes relating to disputes with T. J. Watkins and Coy 1962.
BWU/13/18 Text of agreements and notes relating to them for work on the Saraji - Hay Point project at Gladstone 1970 - 1972
BWU/13/19 Memorandum of Agreement on the construction of the nickel treatment plant at Yabulu
BWU/13/20 Outline of operation of Construction Workers Award at Yabulu nickel treatment plant [no date]
BWU/13/21 Log of claims on Queensland Nickel 4 October 1976 with handwritten notes. Combined unions log of claims on Queensland Nickel with replies and notes, July - August 1979
BWU/13/22 Documents relating to disputes with Comalco, Weipa, 1975
BWU/13/23 Memorandum of agreement with Comalco, Weipa, 1976
BWU/13/24 Text of agreement made with Comalco, Weipa, 1976 with associated correspondence and documents
BWU/13/25 Documents relating to Comalco, Weipa, 1978
BWU/13/26 Documents relating to case for alleged non-payment of leave entitlements by Seppi Pollari 1975 - 1976
BWU/13/27 Information about the Australian Institute of Marine Science building 1975
BWU/13/28 Court transcripts, correspondence and notes relating to building work at the Australian Institute of Marine Science 1975
BWU/13/28 Court transcripts, correspondence and notes relating to building work at the Australian Institute of Marine Science 1975
BWU/13/29 Correspondence and notes concerning North Queensland Cement 1975
BWU/13/30 Correspondence, notes, publications, etc relating to North Queensland Cement 1974 - 1975
BWU/13/31 Correspondence, Court transcripts, logs of claims, notes, etc relating to the Copper Refineries, Townsville 1974 - 1975
BWU/13/32 Minutes of meetings and associated documents relating to construction of the Lucinda Wharf, 1976
BWU/13/33 Minutes of meetings and associated documents relating to the employment of apprentices by Planet Homes, 1977
BWU/13/34 Negotiations with North Queensland Cement 1978
BWU/13/35 Correspondence on compensation claims, 1957 - 1965, A - G
BWU/13/36 Correspondence on compensation claims 1957 - 1965, H - N
BWU/13/37 Correspondence on compensation claims 1957 - 1965, O - Z
BWU/13/38 Correspondence relating to case of apprentices Ryder and Verzelleti, 1955 - 1960
BWU/13/39 Correspondence relating to Associated Enterprises Pty Ltd, 1960
Series 14 B.W.I.U Delegate Convention Papers
BWU/14/1 3rd Delegate Convention, 1958 Convention papers, publications, correspondence file of delegate E. J. Stannett, Townsville Sub Branch, Agenda, Decisions, Report of State Management Committee
BWU/14/2 4th Delegate Convention, 1960 Convention papers including Agenda, Decisions Report of the State Management Committee, publications
BWU/14/3 5th Delegate Convention, 1962 Convention papers, publications, correspondence of E. J Stannett, Agenda, Decisions, various reports and 2 photographs
BWU/14/4 6th Delegate Convention, 1964 Convention papers, Agenda, Decisions, Report of State Management Committee, notes
BWU/14/5 7th Delegate Convention,1966 Convention papers, Agenda, correspondence for E. J. Stannett, clippings notes, photograph
BWU/14/6 7th Delegate Convention, 1966 Report of the State Management Committee; Report and Decisions
BWU/14/7 8th Delegate Convention, 1968 Convention papers of delegate E. J. Stannett, including Agenda, Report and Decisions, publications
BWU/14/8 9th Delegate Convention, 1970 Convention papers of delegate E. J. Stannett including clippings, Report, information sheets
BWU/14/9 9th Delegate Convention, 1970 Report, Agenda, Report of T.W. Chard to State Management Committee, Decision reports
BWU/14/10 10th Delegate Convention, 1972 Convention papers of delegate A. McL. Wilson including agenda, submissions, reports
BWU/14/11 10th Delegate Convention, 1972 Report and Decisions
BWU/14/12 14th Delegate Convention, 1980 Decisions
BWU/14/13 15th Delegate Convention, 1982 Convention papers of delegate E. Hawton including Decisions, Agenda, report
Series 15 Queensland Trade Union Congress Papers
BWU/15/1 36th Congress, 1960 Congress papers of delegate E. J. Stannett including agenda, minutes, executive report, presidents report
BWU/15/2 38th Congress, 1962 Congress papers E. J. Stannett including correspondence, decisions, notes, agenda, executive reports and circulars
BWU/15/3 38th Congress, 1962 Congress papers, includes papers of the Queensland Railway Delegates Conferences, Report of North Qld Regional Conference, 1958, Report of North Queensland Trade Union Conference 1963, Report of North Queensland Conference of Combined Railway Unions Committee, 1963
BWU/15/4 38th Congress, 1963 [i.e. 1962] Decisions
BWU/15/5 40th Congress, 1964 Decisions
BWU/15/6 41st Congress, 1965 Congress papers of delegate E. J. Stannett including decisions, agenda, presidential report, executive report, Vietnam: is it truth we want ? by Dr J. F. Cairns
BWU/15/7 42nd Congress, 1966 Congress papers of delegate E.J. Stannett including decisions, executive report, presidential report, agenda
BWU/15/8 43rd Congress, 1967 Congress papers of delegate E.J. Stannett including presidents report, notes, decisions, executive report, agenda
BWU/15/9 44th Congress, 1968 Congress papers of delegate E.J. Stannett including presidents report, decisions, notes, executive report, agenda, photograph
BWU/15/10 45th Congress, 1969 Congress papers of delegate E.J. Stannett including text of Speech by R.J. Hawke, executive report, agenda, decisions
BWU/15/11 46th Congress, 1970 Congress papers of delegate E.J. Stannett including agenda, notes, executive report, presidents report
BWU/15/12 47th Congress, 1971 Congress papers of delegate E.J. Stannett including presidents report, agenda, Metric Conversion for Australia, executive report
BWU/15/13 47th Congress, 1971 Congress papers including agenda, presidents report
Series 16 Federal Conferences
BWU/16/1 Papers from BWIU Federal Conference, 1955
BWU/16/2 Reports, Decisions, BWIU Federal Conference, 1956
BWU/16/3 Reports, BWIU Federal Conference, 1957
BWU/16/4 Executive report, BWIU Federal Conference 1958
BWU/16/5 Executive report, minutes, BWIU Federal Conference 1959
BWU/16/6 Executive report, minutes, financial report, BWIU Federal Conference 1960
BWU/16/7 Report of Queensland Delegation BWIU to ACTU Congress 1961
BWU/16/8 Minutes, executive report, BWIU Federal Conference, 1961
BWU/16/9 Minutes BWIU Federal Conference, 1962
BWU/16/10 Australian report by Ashley Russ, delegate to BWIU Conference, 1962
BWU/16/11 Executive report, BWIU Federal Conference 1962
BWU/16/12 Minutes, Executive report, BWIU Federal Conference 1963
BWU/16/13 Minutes, Executive report, BWIU Federal Conference 1964
BWU/16/14 Minutes Executive Report BWIU Federal Conference 1965
BWU/16/15 Minutes, minutes of Federal Executive and report, BWIU Federal Conference 1966
BWU/16/16 Minutes, Executive Report, BWIU Federal Conference 1967
BWU/16/17 Minutes, Executive Report, BWIU Federal Conference 1968
BWU/16/18 Minutes, Executive Report, BWIU Federal Conference 1969
BWU/16/19 Minutes BWIU Federal Conference 1970
BWU/16/20 Minutes, Executive Report, BWIU Federal Conference 1971
BWU/16/21 Minutes, BWIU Federal Conference 1972
Series 17 Industrial matters, disputes, claims State and National cases
BWU/17/1 Application to vary the Building Trades Award - State in certain particulars, 1952
BWU/17/2 Hearing in the Industrial Court of Queensland. The case for two pound increase to the Queensland basic wage presented on behalf of the Trades and Labour Council �, 1954
BWU/17/3 Hearing in the Industrial Court of Queensland. The reply to the employers in the case for two pound increase to the Queensland basic wage .. , 1954
BWU/17/4 Building Trade Award - State: Application to vary wage rates, 1954.
BWU/17/5 Building Trade Award - State: Application for variation, 1955
BWU/17/6 Application to the Industrial Court for Wage increase to Employees under the Building Trade Award - State, 1956
BWU/17/7 Application to cancel agreement no A47 of 1956 between the Australian Workers Union and Dayal Singh Construction Coy of Lismore, 1957
BWU/17/8 Reply of Unions to employers: Application for wage increases under the Building Trades Award - State, 1957
BWU/17/9 Application by building Trade Unions for higher wages, improved conditions. Heard by Industrial Court of Queensland, 1958
BWU/17/10 Application by the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and farmers .. for an interim declaration of the basic wage �, 1958
BWU/17/11 Circulars, etc relating to unemployment, 1958
BWU/17/12 Campaign for marginal increases Taylors Stadium dispute Brisbane, Townsville meetings, 1956 - 1959.
BWU/17/13 Application by Building Trade Unions for 28% margin increase Head by Industrial Court of Queensland, 1960
BWU/17/14 Building Trade Unions application for � award improvements Hearing before Industrial Court of Queensland, 1960
BWU/17/15 Applications: 3 weeks annual leave. Hearing in Industrial Court, 1961
BWU/17/16 Application for registration of an association called the Building Workers Industrial Union of Australian, 1961
BWU/17/17 Application for apprentices wage increases, 1962
BWU/17/18 Variations: Building Trades Award - State Hearing 1963
BWU/17/19 Circulars, notes, etc on combined Building Trades Unions and Metal Trades Unions campaign for wage increases 1963 - 1965
BWU/17/20 Correspondence relating to industrial matters 1954 - 1963
BWU/17/21 Brochure These are the main arguments which helped to win an increase of 14 shillings per week in the State basic wage, 1964
BWU/17/21 Circulars and brochures about wages and conditions for apprentices 1964
BWU/17/22 Notes, clippings, etc relating to the Wage Claim Campaign 1963 - 1965
BWU/17/23 Application of Building Trade Unions for two pound and three pound wage increases, 1965
BWU/17/24 Queensland Trade and Labour Council claim for higher wages for apprentices, 1965
BWU/17/25 Circulars and notes on higher wages for apprentices, 1965
BWU/17/26 Correspondence, notes etc on basic wage campaign 1965 - 1967
BWU/17/27 Notes on the break away Australian Society of Carpenters and Joiners, 1966
BWU/17/28 Application by Employer Organisations to reopen case No. B 284 of 1966
BWU/17/29 Application for $2.50 industry allowance, 1966
BWU/17/30 Building union's reply to opposition to application for a $3.50 industry allowance�, 1966
BWU/17/31 Application variation: definitions, clause 3, Building Trade Award - State 1967
BWU/17/32 Correspondence, notes, etc on wages and prices campaign, 1968
BWU/17/33 Claim for higher penalty payments and certain allowances, 1969
BWU/17/34 Correspondence, notes, etc on wage claim campaign, 1970
BWU/17/35 Correspondence, notes, etc on appeal clauses and action taken for their repeal 1964 - 1971
BWU/17/36 Correspondence, notes, etc on safety in industry, 1966 - 1970
BWU/17/37 National or Federal Awards
BWU/17/38 Application no. B547/1972 [to the Industrial Court] Building Trades Award State, 1972
BWU/17/39 BWIU Publication on long service leave [no date]
BWU/17/40 A.C.T.U.'s proposal on Medibank [no date]
BWU/17/41 Circulars, etc, under heading 'Crisis in the Building Industry', 1974 - 1976
BWU/17/42 Report re agreement between NSW Building Trades Unions and Civil and Civic Contractors, 1958
BWU/17/43 Notes, correspondence, circulars, etc re wage claims and industrial action, 1970 - 71
BWU/17/44 Agreement between building trade unions in Queensland and Civil and Civic Pty Limited, 1972
BWTJ/17/45 Application to the Industrial conciliation and Arbitration Commission of Queensland to vary the Building Trades Award - State, 1965
BWU/1 7/46 Negotiation documents re Meat export (Mechanical) Award - State, 1974 - 75
BWU/1 7/47 Circulars, clippings, etc, re State Works Department Industrial action 1975 - 1976
BWU/17/48 Circulars re National building Trades Construction Award, 1975
BWU/17/49 Circular re application of Local government association of Queensland to vary fares and travelling allowance, 1976
Series 18 Awards, wage scales, etc
BWU/18/1 BWIU Award and General Information Booklet, 1954 [2 copies]
BWU/18/2 BWIU Award and Information Book, 2nd edition, 1960
BWU/18/3 BWIU Award and Information Book, 1963
BWU/18/4 BWIU Award and Information Book, 1966
BWU/18/5 BWIU Award and Information Book, 1969 [2 copies]
BWU/18/6 BWTU, NSW Branch, Wages and Conditions applying to carpenters, joiners and bricklayers employed by various State government departments, 1964
BWU/18/7 BWIU, NSW Branch Carpenters, Joiners, Bricklayers’ mixed enterprises (State) award, 1964
BWU/18/8 BWIU, NSW Branch Carpenters, Joiners, Bricklayers’ construction (State) Award, 1969
BWU/18/9 BWIU, NSW Branch National building trades construction award, 1980
BWU/18/10 Rates of pay, associated notes and circulars, 1954 - 1963
BWTJ/18/11 Awards, regulations and associated materials, 1961 - 1962
BWU/18/12 Notes re concrete form work and the right of carpenters to perform such work, 1964
BWU/18/13 Circular -job reps - Brisbane re: wage improvements, 1965
BWU/18/14 Wage rates and associated circulars, etc 1967
BWU/18/15 New allowances - carpenters, joiners, plasterers and tilers, 1969
BWU/18/16 Industrial Arbitration Act, 1940, as amended, 1969
BWU/18/17 Railway award - State, consolidated 1970 [2 copies]
BWU/18/18 National wage case decision: implementation in Commonwealth Public Service, 1970
BWU/18/19 Wage scales, correspondence, cuttings, etc., 1964 - 1971
BWU/18/20 Wage rates, associated circulars, notes, etc., 1965 - 1973
BWU/18/21 National Building Trade Construction Award 1975 with associated documents
BWU/18/22 History of Building Trades Award (State) 1962
BWU/18/23 BWIU Award and Information Book, 1957
BWU/18/24 University Employees (General Staff) State Industrial Agreement 1976 and associated Industrial Gazettes
BWU/18/25 Craftmanship through Apprenticeship under the new Apprenticeship Act, 1964 [?]
BWU/18/26 Industry and Commerce Training Bill, 1978
Series 19 Ballots, Rules and Internal Documents
BWU/19/1 Memorandum of agreement between Queensland ambulance Transport Brigade and Carpenters and Joiners Association re lease of room, 1944, 1947, 1950. In envelope with letter about audit, 1951
BWU/19/2 Insurance renewal certificate with notes and circular about and circular about union property, 1957 - 1958
BWU/19/3 Report of ballot for officials 1958 - 1961
BWU/19/4 Correspondence relating to ballots, 1957 - 1963
BWU/19/5 Correspondence relating to court controlled ballot, 1963
BWU/19/6 Circulars, clippings and notes relating to the 1963 ballot
BWU/19/7 Federal rules of the Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia [undated]
BWU/19/8 Correspondence relating to changes of rules, 1960
BWU/19/9 Procedures for dealing with industrial disputes, AGP 5, 1970
BWU/19/10 Trade unions information guide and handbook, 1976
BWU/19/11 Rules of the Federated Ship Painters’ and Dockers Union ofAustralia, New South Wales Branch, 1945
BWU/19/12 Building Workers’ Industrial Union ofAustralia (Queensland and Branch), Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Farmers of Australia (Queensland Branch) Rules, 1952
BWU/19/13 BWIU Rules, 1957 [2 copies]
BWU/19/14 BWIU Rules, 1960 [2 copies]
BWU/19/15 BWIU Rules, 1965 [2 copies]
BWU/19/16 BWIU Rules, 1967 [2 copies]
BWU/19/17 BWIU Rules, 1968
BWU/19/18 BWIU Rules, 1969
BWU/19/19 Agreement between Western Australian Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and Building Works Industrial Union of Australia, 1957
Series 20 Special Trade Unions Reports
BWU/20/1 Untitled, undated report on housing
BWU/20/2 Information for BWIU delegates attending the Labour in Politics Convention, 1956 [two copies]
BWIJ/20/3 Report by P Clancy, representing the BWIU of Australia to Third International Conferences of Building, Wood and Building Material Workers, 1959
BWU/20/4 Progress Report from the Australian combined Building Trades Unions’ delegation to the German Democratic Republic, 1960
BWU/20/5 New Zealand Report, 1961
BWU/20/6 Notes on economics, 1962
BWU/20/7 Indonesian report, 1962
BWU/20/8 Delegation U.S.S.R. report, 1964
BWU/20/9 New Zealand Conference report, 1964
BWU/20/10 Visit to Italy report, 1965
BWU/20/11 Report to Committee for International Trade Union Unity by Anna Pha on visit to The Philippines, 1980
BWIJ/20/12 Report to the State Executive [for general distribution] by G.M. Dawson, 1957
BWU/20/13 Home building decline, 1957
BWU/20/14 Report by T.W. Chard, Observer to 6th Congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions, 1965
Series 21 Liaison with Railway Unions and Railway Authorities
BWU/21/1 Correspondence on railway matters, 1948 - 1952, A - C
BWU/21/2 Correspondence on railway matters, 1948 - 1952, D - H
BWU/21/3 Correspondence on railway matters, 1948 - 1952, I - Q
BWU/21/4 Correspondence on railway matters, 1948 - 1952, R - Z
BWU/21/5 Correspondence on railway matters, 1951 - 1961, A - C
BWU/21/6 Correspondence on railway matters, 1951 - 1961, D - L
BWU/21/7 Correspondence on railway matters, 1951 - 1961, M - Z
BWU/21/8 Minutes Townsville Branch, Combined Railways Unions, 1976
BWU/21/9 Minutes Combined Railways Unions, and meeting papers, 1976 - 1977
BWU/21/10 Minutes, State Branch, Combined Railway Unions, 1974 - 75
Series 22 Liaison with Trades and Labor Council
BWU/22/1 Correspondence with Trades & Labor Council, 1954 - 1965, A - D
BWU/22/2 Correspondence with Trades & Labor Council, 1954 - 1965, B - N
BWU/22/3 Correspondence with Trades & Labor Council, 1954 - 1965, M - Z
BWU/22/4 Minutes Trades & Labor Council, 1975
BWU/22/5 Minutes Trades & Labor Council, 1976
Series 23 Liaison with other organisations
BWU/23/1 ‘Other organisations’ correspondence, 1954 - 1963, A - C
BWU/23/2 ‘Other organisations’ correspondence, 1954 - 1963, D - Q
BWU/23/3 ‘Other organisations’ correspondence, 1954 - 1963, R - Z
BWU/23/4 Correspondence relating to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Advancement League, 1958 - 1967
BWUJ/23/5 Correspondence from Electrical Trades Union of Australia, 1981 - 82
BWU/23/6 Correspondence from Amalgamated Metal Workers’ and Shipwrights’ Union, 1979 - 1982
BWU/23/7 Constitution of the Townsville Development Association
BWU/23/8 Minutes of meetings Queensland Building Trades Group 28 January 1975 - 1 April 1976
BWU/24/1 How the Crimes bill makes hidden attacks on democratic rights, [no date]
BWU/24/2 Todays Wages Fight. the way foreward, 1961
BWU/24/3 Defend trade union unity, 1962
BWU/24/4 Vietnam, is it truth we want?, 1965
BWU/24/5 How Collinsvale was won, 1968
BWU/24/6 Union unity and you, [no date]
BWU/24/7 Sin - Soviet border question, 1969
BWU/24/8 Your entitlement under the Workers Compensation Acts of Queensland, 1966
BWU/24/9 Forward to 35 hours, 1962
BWU/24/10 Cause of inflation, [no date]
BWU/24/11 Union bashing and how to beat it, 1977
BWU/24/12 Safety, Useful Information for crane drivers, hoist drivers ..., 1978
BWU/24/13 Age of youth and unions, 1971
BWU/24/14 Central coast district: trades union directory, 1972/73
BWU/24/15 35 hours, more jobs, more leisure,
BWU/24/16 No ! No to Joh, 1979 and another copy, revised printing, 1979
BWU/24/17 Clippings and union periodical issues, 1965 - 1981
Series 25 Alex McL. Wilson papers
This series, initially held in a small suitcase, was the personal union papers of Alex McL. Wilson and has been preserved in the order in which the papers were found. It covers the dates 1971 - 1977 and includes material in the following categories: clippings, union newspaper issues, circulars, notes, negotiating documents, conference papers, correspondence, brochures, reports, minutes of meetings
Series 26 State and Regional ConferencesBWU/26/1 State Conference of the B.W.I.U., 25 November 1947. Secretary’s report and Minutes.
BWU/26/2 North Queensland Occupational Safety Convention, 9 - 10 April, 1962. Convention Papers and correspondence file of delegates E.J. Stannett, including Programme, Proceedings, Papers, publications, and minutes of the Townsville Local Committee of the Convention
BWU/26/3 North Queensland Regional Conference on prices, wages and Northern Development, 26 - 27 March, 1966. Conference papers and correspondence, notes etc. of delegate E.J. Stannett about the Price Control and Wage Increase Campaign. Includes Decisions of the 33rd. Qld Trade Union Congress, 1957
BWU/26/4 Industrial Relations Society of Queensland and the Institution of Personnel Management Australia, Regional Seminar, Townsville, May 19 1978. Seminar papers of delegate E. Hawton
BWU/26/5 National Building Industry Course, October 9 - 13, 1978 Clyde Cameron College, Albury/Wodony & Papers and notes of E. Hawton
Papers, correspondence, circulars and notes belonging to delegate B. Hawton industrial matters, disputes and claims 1979 - 1981 including:
Transcript of compulsory conference regarding a dispute between Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd and ... unions in relation to a log of claims, August 1979 (197 p); State Coke Works Bowen case 1981 (application for variation of the Building Trades Award); North Australian Cement Ltd disputes 1979 - 1980, including log of claims, wage rates (for parity), notes for meetings etc, 1981 - Conference re log of claims and Industrial Agreement 1981; 1958 Grants from local distress fund (filed out of sequence); Compulsory conference between Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd and ... unions involving log of claims, 1981; circulars and notes regarding amendments to Workers Compensation Act, 1981, Living Away from Home Allowance 1981 and Long Service Leave Campaign 1980.
