The BLHA newsletter is available by clicking here: blha-newsletter-jan-08.pdf
Welcome to 2008 – may it be a good one.
BLHA have hit the ground running with 3 great events planned for the next 3 months:
- Saturday 9 February – Worth Fighting For! A truly exciting concert with Leah Cotterell, Margret RoadKnight, Helen Rowe and the Combined Unions Choir. This is the next in our Rekindling the Flames of Discontent events.
- Saturday 8 March – Brisbane launch of The Coalminers of Queensland, Volume 2: A narrative history of the Queensland Colliery Employees Union: The Pete Thomas Essays (hosted by BLHA & CFMEU Mining & Energy Division, Queensland District Branch)
- Saturday 5 April – Launch of DVD Building Unity – celebrating 150 years of CFMEU.
(hosted by BLHA & CFMEU Queensland Constructions Workers Divisional Branch)
Read about these events and much more in the attached Newsletter for January.
Cheers
Dale Jacobsen
Secretary Brisbane Labour History Association
Dale Lorna Jacobsen
PO Box 456
Maleny Qld 4552
Ph: 07 5494 4046
Mob: 0413 843 652
There would be a something on him in the digitlaised newspapers section on the NLA website. Eg Cairns Post 19/1/1953.
Hello My name is Louise Barry and I hope you can help me. My grandfather was William Joseph Barry and was the president of the Federated Clerks Union in Qld until he retired in about 1967.
I am writing a biography of his life and would love to find out what is known about his work with the union at that time.
Looking forward to your reply
kind regards Louise Barry