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A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming A local union, often shortened to local, known as a union branch in the United Kingdom is a locally-based Trade union organization which forms part of Most commonly, they represent unions in a given geographical area, whether at the district, city, region, or provincial or state level. They may also be based on a particular industry rather than geographical area, as for example, in the Maritime Council of Australia which co-ordinated the waterfront and maritime unions involved in the 1890 Australian Maritime Dispute. The 1890 Australian Maritime Dispute, commonly known as the 1890 Maritime Strike, was on a scale unprecedented in the Australasian colonies to that point in time causing political

Affiliates of labour councils are trade union branches or locals, and occasionally other labour movement organisations. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming The labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better City-wide or provincial councils may have district or regional labour council affiliates as well as trade unions. Some labour councils restrict their membership to organisations which are affiliated with a particular national trade union federation, such as many labor councils in the United States, which are chartered from the AFL-CIO national confederation. A national trade union centre is a Federation or Confederation of Trade unions in a single Country. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a National trade union center, the largest federation of

Finances are usually obtained through an affiliation fee, often based on a per capita tax on the membership of affiliates. In Australia, Trades and Labour Councils often have their own hall and offices known as a Trades Hall, with the term Trades Hall often used as a colloquial expression for the Labour Council or Trades Hall Council. A Trades Hall is an Australian term for a building where Trade unions meet together or work from cooperatively under a local representative organisation known as

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Note on usage

Labour councils are a widespread phenomenon, but are given different names in different English-speaking areas. Labour Council is most common in Canada and Australia, Labor Council is used in the (USA) and Trades Council, Trades Union Council or Trades and Labour Council in the United Kingdom (and until recently was widespread in Australia) and some other countries. Another term sometimes used is Industrial Council, as in for example, the Barrier Industrial Council of Broken Hill in Australia. The Barrier Industrial Council is the Labour council for the isolated mining town of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. For the Local Government Area of Broken Hill see City of Broken Hill Broken Hill is an isolated Mining city and Local Government Area

National associations of trade unions, such as British Trade Union Congress may also be considered a labour council, though the term often implies a primarily local organisation. The Trades Union Congress (TUC is a national trade union centre, a federation of Trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade

History

Labour Councils were formed to meet a need to co-ordinate trade union activity in a geographical region. The earliest examples of this form of organisation can be found in the medieval craft guilds and Craft halls that developed in European cities. A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade The earliest guilds were formed as confraternities of workers An example of this is the historic Glasgow Trades Hall wherein the 14 Incorporated Trades of Hammermen, Tailors, Cordiners, Maltmen, Weavers, Bakers, Skinners, Wrights, Coopers, Fleshers, Masons, Gardeners, Barbers, Bonnetmakers & Dyers yearly elected members of the Trades House, headed by the Deacon Convener of the Trades:

The Trades House of Glasgow was created at the time of reform of Glasgow's local government in 1605. At that time the electorate was basically divided into two groups, the Merchants and the Craftsmen. The Craft Incorporations or Guilds comprised the trades Rank of Burgesses under the leadership of the deacon convener, who was given a council. This included the Craft leaders and is the body we now recognise as the Trades House. [1]

The trade union activity of the late nineteenth century in particular spurred the establishment of Labour Councils and Trades Councils acrossing North America, Australia and Britain.

Some notable events in the history of labour councils include:

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References

Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The UK General Strike of 1926 was a General strike that lasted nine days from 3 May 1926 to 12 May 1926. The Bourse de Travail (fr labour exchanges) a French form of the Labour council, were working class organizations that encouraged Mutual aid, education A Trades Hall is an Australian term for a building where Trade unions meet together or work from cooperatively under a local representative organisation known as A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming A national trade union centre is a Federation or Confederation of Trade unions in a single Country. The Trades Union Congress (TUC is a national trade union centre, a federation of Trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade
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