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Engraved cartoon published in the Illustrated Australian News in 1892.

The Australian Workers' Union believes that too many immigrants are coming from Southern Europe and are being given employment preference to the detriment of Australians.
They call for assisted migration to be ceased for the time being.

This Executive Report was primarily concerned with Baltic immigrants and their integration into the workforce.
- At the invitation of the government, a union official was invited to a migrant arrival camp to better understand the role these…

These minutes detail the debate to decide on the wording, and then vote on the work rights of immigrants and responsibilities of their current/prospective employers and Federal Government. After deciding that in order for the Trades Hall Council…

This newspaper articles provides some insight into the Federal Government's view on post-Second World War immigrant membership of unions in Australia. It demonstrates that the government want all migrant workers to join their respective unions to…