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Attacks from non-unionists against the strikes conducted in January 1948 by the Tramway Employees' Association for a 40-hour working week.

Article recounting recent strikes of tailoresses in Sydney, which highlights the "long hours, arduous work, poor pay, and the request of the workers for higher wages". This has been met with wide-spread public approval.

Account of the strike of tailoresses in Sydney, totaling 600 to 700 women and girls. Several firms now refuse to recognise the women unions, stating they will pay whatever they please. Trades Hall unions in Melbourne and Perth warn all women against…

Newspaper article discusses a public meeting held at the Townhall concerning the interests of the female operatives of Melbourne. Women were the largest group of attendees. Subject of debate was the equal pay of women, who wanted their efforts to be…

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.

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…

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.

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.