Peak Union body entry
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Melbourne Trades Hall Council (1884 - 1970) |
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| Function: Trade Union (Peak Body) | |||||
| The Melbourne Trades Hall Council grew from the historic winning of the eight-hour day by the Melbourne building trades in 1856. In that year the Melbourne Trades Hall Committee was formed to receive a grant of land on which the world's first Trades Hall, or "Workers' Parliament", was built in 1859. Initially the Trades Hall's industrial role was limited, but a resurgence of industrial activity in the 1880s resulted in it collecting evidence for the Shops and Factories Royal Commission and taking control of major strikes. In 1884 the Committee became a Council to better reflect this expanding industrial role. The title Victorian Trades Hall Council was eventually adopted in 1968. See "online sources" for a pedigree chart of this entity. |
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| Reference/Legal Number(s): Unregistered | ||
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| Previous and Subsequent Entities 1856 - 1884 Melbourne Trades Hall Committee Member(s) | ||
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002 Based on "Parties to the Award" published 1994. Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 29 June 2006 http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0620b.htm |