Northern Caretakers, Cleaners, Lift Attendants & Watchmen’s Union records.
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes, agendas, correspondence and related papers, leaflets and clippings. The majority of the files of correspondence and related papers date from the 1980s and early 1990s and document disputes handled by the union pertaining to pay and conditions for school caretakers and cleaners, the introduction in 1991 of Tomorrow’s Schools
programme and the increasing use of contract cleaners by schools and businesses.
Dates
- 1939 - 1991
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
PARTLY RESTRICTED – Permission of the Special Collections Manager is required for access to all records less than 30 years old. Access to material over 30 years old is unrestricted, except where records are restricted for reasons of confidentiality and privacy. These items are restricted for a period of 70 years from the date of creation, and are indicated in the inventory.
Administrative History
The Northern Caretakers, Cleaners, Lift Attendants & Watchmen’s Industrial Union of Workers was originally registered in 1918 as the Auckland Caretakers, Cleaners, Lift Attendants & Watchmen’s Union. The Union changed its name to the Northern Caretakers, Cleaners and Lift Attendants & Watchmen’s Union in either 1966 or 1967. In May 1991 the Union amalgamated with the larger Service Workers Union. Geographically the Union covered the top half of the North Island and was responsible for school caretakers, cleaners, except those covered by the Hotel Workers Union, lift attendants, night watchmen, security guards, patrolmen, armoured car crews, car park attendants and gatemen.
Extent
1 metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
In off-site storage. Expect delay of 12-24 hours from time of order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This small fragmentary collection of records was donated to Library by the Service and Food Workers' Union in February 2004 as part of a larger mixed donation of records created by the various unions which amalgamated to form the Service Workers' Union in the early 1990s.
Source
- Service & Food Workers Union (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the records of the Northern Caretakers, Cleaners, Lift Attendants & Watchmen's Union, 1939-1991.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katherine Pawley
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand
specialcollections@auckland.ac.nz