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Bill Wood (?–?)

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Wood, Bill (?-?) iron-worker and trade union official 

Birth: details unknown. Marriage: details unknown. Death: details unknown. 

  • Worked at Austral Bronze Ltd, Hobart. Joined Federated Ironworkers’ Association (FIA) in 1948 and was elected delegate.
  • Was secretary of the Tasmanian branch of the FIA from 1956 until his retirement in 1979; during that time he was re-elected unopposed, and membership grew from 200 to 2000.
  • Sometime acting secretary in Hobart of the Trades Hall Council. He was president of the Tasmanian Trades and Labour Council (TLC) for two years and was senior and junior vice-president for several terms. Was president of the Six Hour Day Committee for the Tasmanian TLC.
  • Tasmanian trade union representative on the executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions for two years. Attended ILO Conference, Geneva, in 1971. Made a life member of FIA in August 1979 on his retirement.
  • Member of Australian Labor Party and Tasmanian branch treasurer; member of the ALP State executive. Part of Tribune collective in cold war years dealing with issues such as police raids.
  • Board member, Tasmanian government’s Consumers’ Protection Board.

Sources
Socialist, 12 May 1976, p 7; Labor News, October-November 1979, p 6.

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'Wood, Bill (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/wood-bill-34924/text44022, accessed 24 May 2025.

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