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This is a poster which depicts scenes from the 1885 bootmakers' strike in Melbourne. The poster is made up of 8 seperate images of the strike itself, the Trades Hall Council meeting room and union leaders.

Article announcing the beginning of the shipping strike as negotiation had failed to resolve the disputes between ship owners and the labor unions, It outlines the strike procedures and forecasts the implications it will have on intercolonial trade,…

The anonymous writer describes the social and political conditions in Melbourne as the big 1890 strike takes place. Describes Australians very unfavourably, identifies Trades Hall as the centre of agitation, which has now spread across the country.

Comments on the 1890 maritime strike with criticism of the Melbourne media's coverage of the strike in particular the Age and the Argus newspapers. Comments on the Employers Manifesto and also notes the need for women's trade unions.

This source is about the dispute between the government and railway workers over the workers' right to unionize. This conflict led to the railway strikes of 1903.

This is a letter from the secretary of the Prime Minister to the managing agents of the Commonwealth Government Line of Steamers requesting them to cease their strike.
It states that if the Seamen's Union do not continue to man Australian-owned…

Covering the Enginedriver's Dispute, where part of them split from the union.

The Secretary of the VTHC, Mr Stout reported on a coal strike run by the Seaman's Union.

Four men union representatives arriving at the Premier's Officer in 1961. The men from left: Trades Hall Council president, Mr W. Beeson; State secretary of the Australian Railways Union, Mr J. J. Brown; THC secretary, Mr J. V. Stout; and secretary…