Union Steam Ship Industrial Department correspondence files
Descriptive Data
Archives IdentifierAF081Date Range1917-1977DescriptionThese files were created by the Industrial Department that managed personnel issues for both shore and sea staff, in New Zealand and Australia and other countries. The files cover negotiations over industrial awards, disputes over pay and conditions, strikes, and relationships with employee unions, employer organisations, and related government departments and organisations, such as the Waterfront Industry Commission. The files contain correspondence, reports, circulars and notices from the Company and waterfront and maritime organisations, news clippings, parliamentary bills, acts and industrial award agreements and other contracts, etc.Quantity (Linear Metres)32MediumFileSystem of ArrangementBy Industrial Department file number (see list in Series AF045) - except for additional boxes 125-136.Collection TypeWellington Museums Trust