Browse Items (71 total)
Sort by:
18 September 1890: Independent Media Comments On Maritime Strike, Employees' Manifesto, Media Coverage And Women's Unions
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.
6 December 1901: Tailoresses Strike Over 'Long Hours, Arduous Work, Poor Pay'
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.
September 1987: Letter To The Editor In Metal Worker Magazine About Aid For Irish Republicans During The Troubles Prompts Controversy
Letter to the editor by Australian Aid for Ireland (AAI) publicity director and union member Gerard Steele in the September 1987 issue of 'Metal Worker', the newspaper of the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union.
The letter includes a report from Ard…
The letter includes a report from Ard…
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…
13 April 1910: Australian Labor Party Elected To Majority Government For The First Time
The Labor government of 1910 was not only the first time that the Labor Party, the political wing of the labour movement, born in the Melbourne Trades Hall, had a majority in the lower house of Australia, but also the first majority of any party in…
1 May 1982: Communist Party Members March With Union Parade On May Day
"A May Day March in Russell Street Melbourne, in 1982. The Victorian Trades Hall building and a branch of the Commonwealth Bank on the corner of Victoria Street are visible. Communist Party of Australia Women's Collective members carry a large…
1 May 1895: Eight Hours Day Anniversary Parade Continues
This image depicts the parade celebrating 139 years since the establishment of the eight hour working day. The parade travelled from Trades Hall through much of the city and this photograph was taken just outside of the Victorian Parliament building,…
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…
11 March 1949: Tramways Workers Still Campaigning For 40-Hour Week, Under Fire From Non-Unionists
Attacks from non-unionists against the strikes conducted in January 1948 by the Tramway Employees' Association for a 40-hour working week.
1 October 1915: Trades Hall Robbed, Police Officer Killed And Thieves Injured
A newspaper article giving a detailed account of the events that unfolded the previous morning (1st October, 1915), when a police officer was shot and killed during the attempted robbery of the Melbourne Trades Hall by three armed burglars. Two…
1 October 1892: Trades Hall Representatives Evaluate Chinese Immigrants At Customs
Engraved cartoon published in the Illustrated Australian News in 1892.
April-May 1856: The First Eight Hours Banner Unfurled
A photograph of a banner published in the early Victorian illustrated newspaper The Australasian Sketcher reading "8 hours labour 8 hours recreation 8 hours rest"
24 August 1950: Trades Hall Council Remains In Opposition To Communist Dissolution Act
An article in The Argus pronouncing that the Melbourne Trades Hall Council, "has not expressed its support for the [Communist Dissolution] bill".
May 1951: Melbourne University Protests Against Communist Party Ban
The photo depicts 3 Melbourne University Students protesting against the 1951 Referendum to Ban the Communist Party, attributing the ban to an act of Fascism.
February 1918: Trades Hall Council Lobbies For Employment And Fair Conditions For Returned Servicemen
This source demands fair working conditions and wages for men who were injured in war.
1935: Labor Party And Trades Hall Council Present Anti-Fascist, Anti-War Stance
A piece representative of the Melbourne Trades Hall Committee that is completely opposed to the war, except if it becomes an onshore issue. Particularly argues for peace, and constant use of science to further society. Labor defeated conscription in…
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 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…
15 July 1948: Trades Hall Council Accepts ACTU Decisions On Basic Wage, Higher Living Standards, Striking Benefits And Free Medicine
The meeting primarily involved discussion of the ACTU Full Executives report, which was then carried in its entirety by the 173 VTHC delegates in attendance.
The ACTU report on the meeting of the Full Executive included clauses regarding:
-…
The ACTU report on the meeting of the Full Executive included clauses regarding:
-…
8 April 1948: Concerns Over Assimilation And Employment Of Baltic Migrants And Refugees
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…
- At the invitation of the government, a union official was invited to a migrant arrival camp to better understand the role these…
15 October 1931: Enginedriver's Union Split
Covering the Enginedriver's Dispute, where part of them split from the union.
12 March 1949: Press Remembers First Eight Hours Day In Light Of Increasingly Irrelevant Anniversary
Explains the waning significance of the 8-Hour Day Movement and Anniversary, especially in relation to 'Labour Day'. Describes Labour Day processions through the city streets, and brief history of the 8-Hour Movement. Identifies Welshman, James…
18 February 1885: Bootmakers Strike
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.
18 July 1919: Prime Minister Threatens Striking Seamen With Loss Of Awards, Use Of Force, In Wake Of £100,000/Week Costs To Employers
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…
It states that if the Seamen's Union do not continue to man Australian-owned…
17 June 1943: Anti-Communist Catholic Leader B.A. Santamaria Decries Infiltration of Unions and Destruction of Catholic Way of Life
The Advocate reports on the anti-communist views of B.A. Santamaria, which he presents to 'Holy Name Men' at Middle Park. He focuses on communists infiltration of Unions and their policy 'to destroy the system of Catholic Education and Catholic…