A labour council , trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area. 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 .
6-882: The Winnipeg Labour Council is a labour council based in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada. Chartered by the Canadian Labour Congress , it represents 50,000+ workers in Winnipeg through 27 affiliated labour unions. List accurate as of August 2024 This article related to a Canadian trade union is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Labour council Affiliates of labour councils are trade union branches or locals, and occasionally other labour movement organisations. Citywide 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
12-534: 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. 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
18-514: A particular national trade union federation , such as many state-level labour councils in the United States , which are chartered from the AFL–CIO national confederation. 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
24-707: 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
30-584: The term Trades Hall often used as a colloquial expression for the Labour Council or Trades Hall Council. 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
36-581: 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. 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. Labour Councils were formed to meet
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