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Joseph (Joe) Goss (?–1975)

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Joseph (Joe) Goss (?- 1975) toolmaker and trade union official 

Birth: details unknown in United Kingdom. Marriage: details unknown to Muriel Jenkins (1933-?). Death: 8 June 1975 in South Australia. 

  • Came to South Australia in 1952.
  • Elected Adelaide district secretary, Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU), in 1957, holding position for nine years, resisting National Civic Council Grouper intrigues, before returning to work in Islington Railway Workshops.
  • Recalled to AEU to assist administrative/structural change, becoming Workmen’s Compensation Officer, 1969-1975 with Amalgamated Metal Workers Union. In 1960s wrote articles/book The Trade Unions in the Factory.
  • Communist since youth in UK, active in SA branch of the Communist Party of Australia. Foundation member Socialist Party of Australia and member SA State committee.

Sources
The Socialist, 16 June 1975; Amalgamated Metal Workers’ Union Monthly, July 1975; Jim Moss, Representatives of discontent; history of the Communist Party in South Australia 1921-1981 (Melbourne, 1983).

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'Goss, Joseph (Joe) (?–1975)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/goss-joseph-joe-33828/text42366, accessed 17 September 2024.

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8 June, 1975
South Australia, Australia

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