Selected Events in Trade Union History Sixth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1889)

Summary

Held in Hobart in September 1889, fifty-eight delegates attended, representing all colonies except Western Australia. The Congress passed a resolution pronouncing that 'tradesmen' did not occupy a superior position to labourers.

Related entries

Timeline

 1879 First Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
       1884 Second Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
             1885 Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                   1886 Fourth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                         1888 Fifth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                               1889 Sixth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                                     1891 Seventh Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                                           1898 Eighth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress

Published resources

Conference Proceedings

• Kirk, Hugh (ed.), Official Report of the Sixth Intercolonial Trades and Labor Union Congress, held in Hobart on the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th February 1889, with introductory preface by the Editor, Trades and Labour Council of Tasmania, Hobart, 1889, 63 pp. Details