Construction workers -- Labor unions -- New Zealand

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, minutes, conference reports, notes, leaflets and newspaper clippings related to attempts to unify building industry associated unions during the 1940s. The bulk of the collection covers the period 1939 to 1942 and documents the formation and activities of the New Zealand Building and Allied Trades Federation which was formed in March 1940 from the Wellington Branch of the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners and Joiners Machinists Industrial Association...