Black hard cover book/pay records . Handwritten in black ink, shows fortnightly days worked, rate of pay and amount paid out from August 1904 to 1907 individuals worked on barges and received wages for the corresponding barge size. W Bennett features in this book in what appears to be a managerial position. The last few pages number the barges, record their size and the location of each one Purple stamp on inside of front page; W F Newham Stationer Castlemaineengine drivers, pay books, ledger

Notebook in E.B. Littlejohn's writing, showing daily activities, payments, staff wages, etc.e.b. littlejohn, principal

Entries in ink and hand written, all pages used, leather bound foolscap sizeA Ledger of Wages paid to Country Roads Board employees of East Gippsland Victoriaaccounts book

A Ledger of Wages paid to Country Roads Board employees of East Gippsland VictoriaA Ledger of Wages paid to Country Roads Board employees of East Gippsland Victoriaaccounts book

Entries are hand written in ink. All pages are used. Leather bound, heavy cardboard cover, foolscap size.A ledger of wages paid to Country Roads Board employees of East Gippsland Regionaccounts book

Dimond DrillLedger Green cover, Leather Binding. A Leather Corner, top and Botttom. Listed are Provisions & Suppliers 1873 - 1874- 1875 Inside Cover Green and red marble Effect. Dimond Drill 1883 wages. Roses gap Glenorchy 1954

Blacksmith & Vehicle Workshop Records John Dalziel & Sons Billing Records 1912 - 1913. Pages 51 - 98, 115 - 195, Mine Records possibly New Chum Mine Banking p 5-8: Wages 19 - 20: Shares 99-102: Reports 101 - 102: Shaft Acct 103 -104: Plant 105 - 106: Wages 107 - 108: Advertising 109 - 110: Other Exp 111 -112: Accounts 113 - 114, 413 - 428 blacksmith, mine, shares

Papers of Blackburn Cool Stores Pty Ltd, established 1917, comprising Box 1-1a: Minutes of Board of Directors 1916-1935, 1940-1987 (10 vols.); Sundry debtors 1983-1987; Pool Storage, Wages, Rent records 1981-1987; Petty Cash Book 1936-1987; Receipt book 1985-1987. Box 2: Ledgers and account books (6 vols) with Audit reports, bank statements, superannuation, shareholder lists, rentals, operating costs; Box 3: Share scrip certificates, rebuilding, plant and equipment estimates; Box 4: Land, company formation, services, provision documents; Work records for Alan Riescheck, Harry Wilson, Don Watts (2 vols)Papers of Blackburn Cool Stores Pty Ltd, established 1917, comprising Box 1-1a: Minutes of Board of Directors 1916-1935, 1940-1987 (10 vols.); Sundry debtors 1983-1987; Pool Storage, Wages, Rent records 1981-1987; Petty Cash Book 1936-1987; Receipt book 1985-1987. Box 2: Ledgers and account books (6 vols) with Audit reports, bank statements, superannuation, shareholder lists, rentals, operating costs; Box 3: Share scrip certificates, rebuilding, plant and equipment estimates; Box 4: Land, company formation, services, provision documents; Work records for Alan Riescheck, Harry Wilson, Don Watts (2 vols)blackburn cool store, cool stores, blackburn, wilson, harry, orchards, fankhauser, margaret, fankhauser, eric, watts, don, riescheck, alan

History of the Plumbers & Gasfitters Employees Union of Australia (1928 - 1993).Significant to the labour/trade union movement in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: blue background; black and white text; union shield.Front cover: author's name and title.plumbers union, plumbers and gasfitters union, unions, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, labour, wages, nsw, plumbers

Contents: The changing role of trade unions: past struggles and future directions /​ Bob Hawke Industrial Labor and political Labor: the experience of 1972-1975 /​ Clyde Cameron The union connection: trade union affiliation with the Australian Labor Party /​ Don Rawson Australian unions and socialist strategies /​ Bruce Hartnett Conciliation and arbitration: is there an alternative? /​ Andrew Cunningham Wage indexation: an ACTU perspective /​ Jan Marsh Trade unions, collective action and incomes policy /​ Barry Hughes Structural economic change: the options for the Labor movement /​ Chris Hurford Technological change and the trade unions /​ Bill Mansfield Justice, the Palestinians and the prospects for peace in the Middle East /​ Andrew Mack Commentary about the labour and trade union movement in Australia.Paper; book.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, economy, unions, palestine, middle east, wages, socialism, conciliation and arbitration, alp, australian labor party

The General Strike took place in 1926 in Britain. The nine day strike across many industries was called by the Trades Union Congress to protect pay rates and working conditions for coal miners. Relevant to the General Strike and to history of trade unionism in Britain.Paper; book. Cover: collage - picture of 6 men superimposed over a copy of the British Worker; background is white with red text; blue spine.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, general strike - britain, trades union congress - britain, tuc - britain, unions, strikes, industrial action, miners, coal miners, wages

National Council for Women, Victoria is an umbrella organisation for many women's groups and is a political lobby group for reform at local, state and national levels. The group has advocated for pay equality for women.Relevant to social and gender issues in Australia. The author has an impressive history as an advocate for social justice and women's rights. She received several awards throughout her lifetime including the United Nations' Peace Medal in 1975.Paper; book. Cover: black, red and white.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gender issues, national council for women, victoria, lobby groups, social reform, social history, lobbyists, wages, wages equality, women

The strike took place in 1891 when pastoralists wanted to reduce shearers' wages and bring in non-union workers at lower rates. The author, Julian Stuart, was one of the leaders of the shearers' strike and was jailed for three years with hard labour. He subsequently worked for the Labour Electoral League (a predecessor of the Australian Labor Party).Relevant to the history of the union movement and especially the shearers' union in Queensland.Book; 167 pages. Dust jacket: red and black background; red and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: green; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, strikes, pastoralists, shearers, shearers' strike, queensland, labour electoral league, australian labor party, alp, stuart, julian, prison, workers - non-union, workers - union

The book describes itself as a "terse guide to such questions as, what causes unemployment, what causes war, what makes booms and slumps, what is socialism [and] what is capitalism." Book index: I. The Secret in the Pay Envelope II. How the System Works III. What They Get Out of It IV. What It has Done to Us V. Why It Stops Working VI. Must we Die for It? VII. What can we Put in its Place? VIII. "I have Seen the Future, and It Works" IX. What would Socialism be like Here? X. How to Get There Written and produced in Britain 1938. Pertinent Britain's economy and work force in the 1930s. Observations about wages and employment.Softcover book. Front cover: black and white background, red, white and black lettering. Back cover: white background; black lettering.Front cover: title and author's name. Back cover: advertisement for the Left Book Club, London; International Bookshop Pty Ltd stamp.btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, socialism, politics and government, unemployment, war, economy, capitalism, wages

Written in 1872, the author examines strikes, economics, industrial relations and conciliation.The author is a former governor of Victoria, politician and a freemason. The book is relevant to working conditions in Britain at the time of publication.Hardback; brown cover with gold and black ornamentation; 296 pages. Inside cover: Regulations for Visitors and Subscribers to the Ballaarat Public Library has been affixed - stamped with "CANCELLED" in red. Spine: number 54; author's name and title in gold embossed lettering.btlc

A collection of addresses on the "Labour Question": I. Labour and Capital II. The Nine Hours Movement III. Wages in 1873 IV. Public Elementary Education in the United States V. The Duties of the Church in Relation to the Labour Question VI. Co-operative Production VII. The South Wales Colliery Strike VIII. On the Influences Affecting the Price of Labour in England at the Present Time IX. On Canada and the United States X. Work and Wages in 1877 XI. Labour at Home and Abroad XII. On the Comparative Efficiency of English and Foreign Labour XIII. On the Rise of Wages in the Building Trades of London AppendicesRelevant to the history of workplace relations and conditions in the US, Canada and UK. Hardcover, book; no dustjacket; 336 pages. Cover: brown cloth/paper; black decorative banner; gold lettering on spine.Spine: title, author's and publisher's name. Inside cover: Ballaarat East Public Library regulations; the book has been designated number 53; writing in blue and grey pencil - illegible; stamped in red, "CANCELLED". Title page: Ballarat East Public Library stamp (black).btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, brassey, thomas, industrial relations, industrial action, industrial disputes, wages, religion, education - primary

An oral history relating to the Great Depression and the personal hardships that were suffered by families. Relevant to Australian social and workplace history, especially during the period of the Great Depression of the 1930s.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; artistic impression of working class people, including a banner that reads "work not dole"'; red, yellow and white lettering. Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, the great depression, work for the dole, oral histories, wages, economic conditions, social history, history, australian history, economics, employment, unemployment

Australian industrial relations and unionism. Arbitration, enterprise bargaining, unemployment/employment, policy, equal pay.Australian industrial relations and unionism.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow background; author's name and title; black and blue lettering; black and white blurry photograph.ballarat trades and labour council, btlc, industrial relations, employment, wages, trade unions, unemployment

Several authors explore practical alternatives to the Australian industrial arbitration system. Based on papers commissioned by the Hancock Committee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock_ReportBook.Front cover: author's name and title. Title page: in blue ink, "D.J. Spiers, Ballaarat CAE, November 1986".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, hancock report, industrial relations, industrial relations - arbitration, industrial relations - industrial action, wages, economics

A selection of articles by various authors. Labour economics for Australian students - international and Australian context. Covers unemployment, inflation, labour market policy, deregulation, and the future of the Accord. (Note: published in 1992. The book precedes the Howard coalition government, GST, WorkChoices, Fair Work Act, etc.)Informative analysis about past industrial relations and economic practices/policy in Australia. (Published 1993)Book; paper.Front cover: editor's name and title. Title page: in blue ink, "DJ Spiers, Ballaarat University, May 1983".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, economics - labour, industrial relations - australia, wages, unions

Written in 1975 - various authors. Section titles: - The context of wages and salaries. - Job context and measurement. - Establishing the rate for the job. - Salary systems. - Wage systems. - Employee benefits. - Administering policy and planning. Relevance to workplace conditions and structures and how these work. Central to the modus operandi of Trades Hall and all unions.Book; paper.Front cover: author's name and title. Inside: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers, Curtin University, May 1988".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, employment conditions

Chapter titles: Chapter 1: Labor Economics Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2: The Theory of Individual Labor Supply -- Chapter 3: Population, Participation Rates, and Hours of Work -- Chapter 4: Labor Quality: Investing in Human Capital -- Chapter 5: The Demand for Labor -- Chapter 6: Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labor -- Chapter 7: Alternative Pay Schemes and Labor Efficiency -- Chapter 8: The Wage Structure -- Chapter 9: Mobility, Migration, and Efficiency -- Chapter 10: Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining -- Chapter 11: The Economic Impact of Unions -- Chapter 12: Government and the Labor Market: Employment, Expenditures, and Taxation -- Chapter 13: Government and the Labor Market: Legislation and Regulation -- Chapter 14: Labor Market Discrimination -- Chapter 15: Job Search: External and Internal -- Chapter 16: The Distribution of Personal Earnings -- Chapter 17: Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Employment -- Chapter 18: Employment and Unemployment.Relevance to union business.Book; paper.Front cover: authors' names and titles.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, economics - labor, unions, collective bargaining, wealth distribution, employment

Chapter headings: 1. Labor-force participation 2. Hours of work and the supply of effort 3. The supply of skill: investment in human capital 4. Marginal productivity theory in competitive markets 5. The demand for labor: some extensions 6. Job search, mobility, and migration 7. Unemployment and unfilled vacancies 8. Union goals 9. The bargaining process 10. The effect of collective bargaining on relative earnings 11. Occupational wage differentials 12. Wage differentials by race and sex 13. The distribution of earnings by size 14. Fringe benefits 15. Labor's share in national income 16. The general level of money wagesIndustrial relations and labor economics.Book; paper.Front cover: author's name and title. Title page: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, labor economics, wages, industrial relations, wealth distribution, collective bargaining, unions