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18 May 1916: Meeting Of Workers Sees 258,018 Unionists Vote Against Conscription, Just 753 Support
This article details a meeting of 300,000 unionists and their opposition to conscription. The resolution which declared the congress' hostility toward conscription passed with 258,018 in favour and 753 against. The articles also presents a number…
3 December 1917: Trades Hall Anti-Conscription Campaign Fights Against Second Plebiscite
An anti-conscription campaign publication aimed at voters in the December 1917 plebiscite, imploring Australians to reject the notion to instate mandatory conscription in Australia during World War I. The publication includes a series of smaller…
3 August 1916: Trades Hall Council Plans Next Move After Government Raid
Following the raid of the building and seizure of anti-conscription pamphlets by government forces. The minutes include discussions held to decide the planned response by the council to the government's actions. They suggest protest against the…
1 August 1916: Government Forces Raid Trades Hall, Seize Anti-Conscription Materials
This newspaper article details the raiding of the Melbourne Trades Hall and the subsequent seizing of pamphlets containing arguments and manifesto against conscription by Police.
May 1916: Australian Trade Unions Publish Report Against Conscription
A report on the Australian Trade Union Congress conducted in 1916 at the Melbourne Trades Hall to discuss the attitude of unions towards the issue of conscription for overseas service during the First World War. The document presents the minutes from…