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15-601: The trades council was founded in 1858 as the Glasgow United Trades Council . Future MP Alexander MacDonald of the miners played an important role, but did not hold any prominent post, and was able to attend only as an honorary member of the Flint Glass Makers' Sick and Friendly Society . As the trades council of a major industrial city, it began playing a national role, and in 1864 it hosted an early meeting of trade unions from across

30-592: 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,

45-474: 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

60-461: The 1890 Australian Maritime Dispute . 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 a particular national trade union federation , such as many state-level labour councils in

75-556: 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 a need to co-ordinate trade union activity in a geographical region. The earliest examples of this form of organisation can be found in

90-812: The Communist Party of Great Britain became strong on the council, which affiliated to the National Minority Movement , leading some trade unions to withdraw. In 1951, the council refused to obey an STUC order not to support CPGB-led peace campaign. In response, the STUC ordered the council to dissolve. Eventually, a compromise was found, with the council reforming as the Glasgow District Trades Council , with new staff and premises. Trades council A labour council , trades council or industrial council

105-621: 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 the term Trades Hall often used as a colloquial expression for the Labour Council or Trades Hall Council. Labour councils are

120-603: The UK. By this point, about two-thirds of the trade unions in the city had affiliated, with the important Lanarkshire Miners' County Union following in the 1870s. The council also helped set up unions in areas where there was no appropriate body, organising unions for sailors, carters, and most importantly what became the National Union of Dock Labourers . In 1884 the council ran four candidates for Glasgow Town Council , without success. However, another attempt in 1888 led to

135-800: The city at the 1892 general election . The council played a key role in the creation of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) in 1897, and held national meetings which established organisations including the National Labour Housing Council, the National Committee of Organised Labour for Promoting Old Age Pensions for All , and the Scottish section of the Workers' Educational Association . It also undertook local campaigns, such as for

150-610: The election of H. Tait, followed a year later by James Millar Jack , and in 1890 by A. J. Hunter and John Battersby . This experience led the council to support Keir Hardie 's candidature at the Mid Lanarkshire by-election, 1888 ; it supported but did not affiliate to Hardie's Scottish Labour Party , and played a central role in establishing the Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party . Both labour parties stood candidates in

165-413: 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: Trade union federation A national trade union center (or national center or central ) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country . Nearly every country in

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180-699: 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 the Trades House, headed by the Deacon Convener of the Trades: The Trades House of Glasgow

195-489: The municipalisation of the trams. In 1904, the council shortened its name to "Glasgow Trades Council", but it soon became the "Glasgow Trades and Labour Council", also representing the local Labour Party , and its secretary served the two bodies jointly until 1942. This led to suspicion of the body on Red Clydeside , and the Clyde Workers' Committee did not engage with the council. However, following World War I ,

210-674: The world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such as the Nordic countries , different centers exist on a sectoral basis, for example, for blue collar workers and professionals . Many national trade union centers are now members of the International Trade Union Confederation , although some belong to the World Federation of Trade Unions . This article related to one or more trade or labor unions

225-598: 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. The trade union activity of

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