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Jenny Diamond interview with Carol McKirdy.
Jenny Diamond was General Secretary of the NSW Teachers Federation 2010-2014. Jenny Diamond was awarded life membership of the NSW Teachers Federation in 2014. This is one of three interviews conducted with leading Federation women officers by Carol McKirdy, to mark the Federation’s centenary in 2018, and to inform the book “On the voices” by Sue Doran. This interview took place on 2 March 2018, in the recording studio, Teachers Federation House, Mary Street, Surry Hills. The other interviewees are Brenda Seymour and Joan Lemaire. Contact library for access. Archived in Extensis Portfolio. “Jenny’s oral history includes her memories of the 1981 extended strike over salaries and staffing, Rodney Cavalier, David Kemp, John Howard, Terry Metherell, Nick Greiner, 1988 Sky Channel joint union meetings and the 1988 mass protest which began in the Domain and then moved to outside NSW Parliament in Macquarie Street among others. Of particular importance to Jenny was Federation’s 2002 anti-war statement.” -- Executive summary. “Jenny’s oral history includes her memories of the 1981 extended strike over salaries and staffing, Rodney Cavalier, David Kemp, John Howard, Terry Metherell, Nick Greiner, 1988 Sky Channel joint union meetings and the 1988 mass protest which began in the Domain and then moved to outside NSW Parliament in Macquarie Street among others. Of particular importance to Jenny was Federation’s 2002 anti-war statement.” -- Executive summary.