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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,…

Meeting minutes:
- Correspondence from boilermakers
- Vote to parliamentary Committee
- Shearers union using non-union sheds
- Trades hall committee Geelong notifying opening of hall and expressing sympathy with shipping strike
- 8 hours…

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 article shows that the Trades Hall declared itself as against the Commonwealth Bill of 1898. Although the article does stipulate that the Hall was in favour of federation generally, it stipulates that the Bill was seen to be undemocratic, with…

Engraved cartoon published in the Illustrated Australian News in 1892.

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.