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Bonus Episode Govt Typists Strike

Episode 9 of the Keystrokes Per Minute podcast, hosted by StorycollectiveNZ, titled "Bonus Episode Govt Typists Strike" was published on August 7, 2023 and runs 27 minutes.

August 7, 2023 ·27m · Keystrokes Per Minute

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Government Typists took action in 1985, after a stalled negotiation between the PSA, the public servants union, and the State Services Commission.

Government Typists took action in 1985, after a stalled negotiation between the PSA, the public servants union, and the State Services Commission.

In this bonus episode we hear from all sides of the strike action; PSA representative Phil Butler; Dame Margaret Bazley, the State Services Commissioner in charge of industrial relations at the time; and Head typists Mary Dooley and Lorraine Williams.

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This podcast is only made possible thanks to the work of the Keystrokes Oral History Project, find out more at www.storycollective.nz/background

Funding support from the State Services Commission (NZ) and the Ministry of Culture and Heritage (NZ). 

Soundtrack with permission and thanks from The Boston Typewriter Orchestra, find their music on bandcamp.com

© Copyright 2017 Meg Melvin as StorycollectiveNZ

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