The Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress is the national trade union centre of Papua New Guinea. It originates from meetings of PNG workers' associations held in Madang and Lae from 1964. It was not until December 1969 that the Federation of Workers' Associations, the predecessor of the PNG TUC, was formally constituted. Registration as an industrial organisation was granted on 7 March 1970. Paulus Arek was elected the first President, and Michael Kaniniba, of the Lae Miscellaneous Workers' Union, was the first of General Secretary of the Federation. Based in Lae during the 1970s, the Federation adopted the current name, PNG Trade Union Congress, in September 1974. With the support of PANGU activists, membership of the TUC expanded and in 1976 the Port Moresby trade unions, which had organised a rival trade union centre, the Port Moresby Council of Trade Unions, affiliated to the PNGTUC.

The records microfilmed consist of a batch of minutes and correspondence for the period 1968-1984, which appear to be the only surviving records from the time when the TUC was located in Lae, together with later minutes, circulars, press releases and other papers.<BR>Minutes of meetings, 1969-1980 (gaps); Biennial Conference papers, 1983-1996; Executive Council meetings: various papers, 1985-1989; Management Board meeting papers, 1986-1990; meetings with Port Moresby based affiliates, 1989-1992; miscellaneous administrative and management papers, 1985-1988; general correspondence, 1968-1984; international correspondence, 1973-1984; circulars and memoranda, 1985, 1987-1992, 1995 (gaps); press statements, 1985-1995; papers and reports (including some agenda papers), 1974-1990; speeches, mainly by Lawrence Titimur, 1987-1990; South Pacific and Oeanic Council of Trade Unions, Conference No.2, Brisbane, meeting papers, Nov 1993. <P><b>See reel list for further details</b>

The Societe des Missionnaires du Sacre-Coeur was founded at Issoudun, France, on 8 December 1854, by Fr Jules Chevalier. Headquarters of the mission have been in Rome since 1905.

The documents are inventoried on pp.361-2 of the Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes, vol.25, December 1969. The inventory, with annotations, is reproduced at the beginning of the first reel. The documents include some relating to the Marquis du Ray's and the Nouvelle France projects; journal extracts, notes, letters, decrees of the S.C. Propaganda.<BR>Reel 1: 1879 - 1882 (a. - d.)<BR>Reel 2: 1884 - 1889 (e. - v/c Navarre 1884)<BR>Reel 3: 1884 - 1889 (v/c Navarre (contd) - Verjus)
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The documents are inventoried on pp.363-72 of the Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes, vol.25, December 1969. They comprise letters from missionaries, memoranda, reports, circulars and records of the S.C. Propaganda (1889-95 only).<BR>Reel 1: pages 363-67 of the inventory<BR>Reel 2: pages 369 (from v/c Navarre) - 372 (to 1922).
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The documents are inventoried on pp.374-5 of the Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes, vol.25, December 1969. The inventory is reproduced on the film. The documents comprise mission statistics, financial and general reports, memoranda, notes, correspondence, and records of the S.C. Propaganda.
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Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd was incorporated in England on the 20 May 1902 to acquire coconut properties in the Pacific region with the objective of ensuring a supply of copra to the oil mill of Lever Bros Ltd at Balmain in Sydney. The practice of shipping copra direct to Balmain continued until 1971 when crushing at Balmain ceased, after which the company sold its total production through the Solomon Islands Copra Board. Levers Pacific Plantations Pty Ltd was incorporated under the NSW Companies Act on 8 November 1928 when it acquired the assets of the original company. Levers Plantations Limited was incorporated under the Solomon Islands Companies Act on 30 December 1975 as a private company limited by shares. The name was changed to Lever Solomons Limited on 29 January 1980 when it was incorporated as a joint venture Company between the Solomon Islands Government and Unilever.

Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd/Lever Solomons Ltd: legal papers re land, 1902-1986 <BR> Managing Director's report on Solomon Islands Estates, 1941 <BR> Kolombangara Cocoa Project, 1954-1955 <BR> annual reports, 1961-1971, including coconut acerage in production, 1972-1976 <BR> Managing Director's month-end reports, 1961-1967 <BR> briefing papers, handover reports & notes for visitors, 1974-1989 <BR> development plans, 1978-1994 <BR> annual estimates, 1982-1992 <BR> negotiations and agreements with the Solomon Islands National Union of Workers, 1982-1986 <BR> land surveys, Pavuvu, 1964-1977 <BR> and Directors' minutes, 1980-1985. Levers Pacific Timbers Ltd: files on the Kolombangara Forest area, 1962-1979 and industrial negotiations, 1982. Banika Club, constitution and visitors' book, 1952-1992.<P><b>See reel list for further details</b>

The world-wide merchant marine is a crucial source of employment for i-Kiribati and remittances from this work are fundamental to the Republic’s economic well-being. The inaugural meeting of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Overseas Seamen’s Union was held on 22 Dec 1971. In January 1976 the organisation changed its name to the Gilbert Islands and Tuvalu Overseas Seamen’s Union and then, in 1979, to the Kiribati Islands and Tuvalu Overseas Seamen’s Union following the declaration of the independent republic of Kiribati. The name was changed to the Kiribati Islands Overseas Seamen’s Union in 1994. There were major changes in leadership in 1994 and again in 1996 when the current leadership was elected.

The Union’s archives are kept in a cupboard near the back door of the KIOSU office, a single story office building in the port of Betio. The main series of archives consist of:
<LI>Executive Committee minutes, 1988-95;</LI>
<LI>copies of minutes, 1981, 1985-96;</LI>
<LI>the KIOSU newsletter, 1984, 1987-1995;</LI>
<LI>correspondence register, 1974-1977;</LI>
<LI>membership register, 1974 +;</LI>
<LI>records of international and local seminars and conferences.</LI>
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The Solomon Islands General Workers Union (SIGWU), later known as the Solomon Islands National Union of Workers (SINUW), was founded by Bart Ulufa'alu and registered on 17 June 1975. Solomon Islands trade unions ran into immediate difficulties gaining recognition from employers and, following a large demonstration in Honiara in December 1975, a number of union leaders were fined and two, Bart Ulufa'ulu (SIGWU) and James Meafa'alu (GNEWU), were gaoled. Bart Ulufa'ulu won a seat in the June 1976 general elections, as a candidate for the union-organised Nationalists' Party. He consequently resigned as SIGWU General Secretary, staying on as an adviser to the Union. Joses Tuhanuku was elected as his replacement. Mr Tuhanuku went to Denmark for training from February 1977 till June 1978, however SIGUW's registration was suspended from October till December 1977 on the grounds of misappropriation of funds (later disproved). By the time Joses Tuhanuku returned to Honiara the Union's membership had dropped from 6,000 to 300. However strong organisation among plantation workers over the next few years produced collective agreements with Unilever's palm oil operation in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Plantations Ltd, and two other Unilever subsidiaries, Levers Pacific Timbers Ltd and Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd. By 1980 the union had rebuilt its membership to 10,000, half the Solomon Islands workforce. The name of the union was altered to Solomon Islands National Union of Workers at the at the AGM in April 1980, reflecting the Union's national representation of workers in various categories in almost all industries in the Solomon Islands. (From Joses Taungenga Tuhanuku, 'Trade Unions and Politics', in Peter Lawrence and Sue Tarua (Eds.), <I>Solomon Islands Politics</I>, Suva, USP Institute of Pacific Studies, 1983.

Bart Ulufa'ulu's SIGUW correspondence, Apr-Dec 1975; National Council minutes, 1984-1999; annual returns, 1976-1980; financial returns, 1983-1988; press releases, 1982-1992; correspondence re collective agreements with Foxwood (SI) Timbers Ltd, Honiara Town Council, Levers Solomons Ltd, Lever pacific Timbers, Solomon Islands Plantations Ltd, Solomon Taiyo, Solomon Islands Ports Authority; Trades Disputes Panel Awards, 1984-2000. See Finding aids for details.

This peak council of trade unions in Fiji was formed on 29 Sep 1951 as the Fiji Industrial Workers' Congress. The present name was adopted in October 1966. The Congress has had a relatively stable administration: the first honorary Secretary was Tomasi Vunisina, 1951-1957, Mohammed Ramzan was honorary Secretary from 1960-1972, and James Raman followed him as National Secretary, with one short break, till the Biennial Conference in May 1994. The Congress was based at Nadi and Lautoka in the western districts of Viti Levu until 1962 when it shifted to Suva.<BR><BR>Following a wage freeze in November 1984, the FTUC withdrew from a Tripatite Forum (of government, employer and union representatives, established in 1977 to consider economic policy issues) and launched the Fiji Labour Party to challenge government policies. The Public Service Association President, Timoci Bavadra, became the Party's President. In late 1986 the Labour Party formed a coalition with the National Federation Party which defeated the Alliance Party in the elections of April 1987 thus precipitating the military coups of May and November 1987 during which the FTUC offices were firebombed and its executive imprisoned.

Conference papers, 1962-1994<BR>Executive Committee minutes and related papers, 1966, 1971-1991<BR> Management Board minutes and related papers, 1974-1991<BR>Womens Wing Executive Committee minutes, 1983-88, 1992-94<BR>circulars to affiliates, 1959-1978<BR>press releases, 1974-1996<BR>selected FTUC general and affiliate files (the international files of the Congress have not been filmed at this stage)<BR><I>FTUC Official Directory</I>, 1979-1991<BR>Other documents<P><B>See reel list for further details</B>

The Constitution Act, which established the Federal Parliament, passed on 5 June 1891, provided for: 1. The local government of each island; 2. The constitution of the General Council for the Cook Islands which was styled “the Parliament” of the Cook Islands; 3. The appointment of an Executive Council to carry out the laws made by the Parliament and to look after the well-being of the islands when Parliament was not in session. This Council was styled “the Government” of the Cook Islands; 4. That all arikis (or kings and queens) of the islands should be ex officio members of the Government; 5. That Makea Takau be appointed to the office of Chief of the Government, that her administration be subject to the approval of the British Resident, and that all letters or other public documents issued by the Government are to be signed by her.
The British Resident, Frederick Moss was appointed in November 1890, taking over from his predecessors, C. E. Goodman, Honorary British Consul, 1881-1883, and Richard Exham, Acting British Vice-Consul, 1883-1891. On 12 September 1898 Moss handed over to Lt Col William E. Gudgeon who continued as the NZ Administration’s Resident Commissioner till 1909.
In 1900, when the sovereignty of Rarotonga and other Cook Islands was ceded to Britain, the Federal Parliament of the Cook Islands was abolished under the terms of the annexation. In accordance with Imperial Order in Council, 13 May 1901, the boundaries of New Zealand were extended to include Rarotonga and the other Cook Islands. The Cook and other Islands Government Act, passed by the NZ Parliament in 1901, replaced the Cook Islands Federal Parliament with a Federal Council of Arikis which had the right to make enactments known as “Federal Ordinances”. The British Resident was President of the Council, with Makea Ariki as Chief of the Government.
In December 1901 the members of the Federal Council were: Makea Ariki, Tinomana Ariki & Pa Ariki, Rarotonga; Ngamaru Ariki & Karika Ariki, Atiu, Mauke, Mitiaro; John Trego Ariki & Nohoroa Ariki, Mangaiia; Vaiuarangi Ariki & Te Urukura Ariki, Aitutaki; Papu Mahuta Ariki, Penrhyn; Iesi Ariki, Rakahanga; Aporo Ariki, Manahiki.

Cook Islands Federal Government minutes 1891-96; Federal Parliament minutes, 1897-1901, and papers, 1897-99; High Commissioner’s Court minutes, 1899-1901; Aitutaki Council minutes Oct 1893; Acting British Vice-Consul letters 1884-86; British Resident correspondence register 1894-95; British Resident letters-in, 1892-1901; British Resident/Resident Commissioner letters-out 1890-95, 1897-1910 (n.b. gaps: some of these press copy letter books are badly damaged.); Ambrose Morgan case file, 1896-98; Thos H Mallett inquest file, 1899; CI Federation Acts and Determinations, 1890-97; Rarotongan Ariki genealogies, 1909; Rarotonga Island Council minutes 1917-1941; Resident Commissioner’s office annual report files, 1913-28.
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