The Progressive Political League was formed in 1891 after the 1890 Maritime Workers Strike; it subsequently became the Australian Labor Party. The PPL is also contemporaneous with the defeat of the Shearer's Strike (1891). Its platform included "electoral reform, reform of the labour laws, social reform and supported Federation on a ‘democratic basis’." (Anarchist Age 2008). More information about the formation of the Progressive Political League in Victoria can be found at http://anarchistmedia.org/pdf/701-800/AAWR-07768.htmlThe collection provides contemporaneous information from a variety of sources.Paper 1. Australasian Labour Federation. Constitution. Melbourne, n.d. 2. Australasian Labour Federation. Rules of the NSW Procincial Council. Sydney, 1897. 3. Labour Electoral League of NSW. Rules and platform. Sydney, 1891. (Printed on reverse side of speech of T. Hough - League candidate for Glebe.) 4. Newspaper cutting regarding Ballarat Labour Electoral League. n.d. 5. People's Party. Platform and Programme. n.p., n.d. 6. Progressive Political League of Victoria. Second meeting of Central Council. Melbourne, 1891. 7. Progressive Political League of Victoria. Suggested rules to govern the nomination and selection of candidates for Parliament. n.p., n.d. 8. Progressive Political League of Victoria. To the President and members of the Central Council. 9. United Labor Party of S.A. Rules and Standing Orders. 10. Workers' Political Committee. New Zealand. Rules and constitution. n.p., n.d.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council\, ballarat trades hall, progressive political league victoria, ppl, shearer's strike, maritime workers' strike, strikes, unions, alp, australian labor party, reform, federation, australasian labour federation, labour electoral league of nsw, labour electoral league, people's party, united labor party of sa, workers' political committee, rules, standing orders, nsw provincial council, central council

The membership was affiliated with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.Demonstrates union practices.Paper in folder.proposition forms, clearance forms, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, awu, australian workers' union, fimee, federation of industrial, manufacturing and engineering employees

The membership began affiliation with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.Records income/member contributions to the union. Paperfinances, union dues, building workers' industrial union, bwiu, awu, australian workers union, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall

The membership began affiliation with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.The bank book is a financial record of the union's Ballarat Branch.Bank book. Paper.bank book, finances, australian district of amalgamated carpenters and joiners, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, awu, amalgamated workers union, bwiu, building workers' industrial union, fimee, federation of industrial, manufacturing and engineering employees

The membership began affiliation with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.Correspondence is an example of the Union's activities at this period in time.Three letters in one folder.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners, building workers' industrial union, bwiu, australian workers union, awu, fimee, federation of industrial, manufacturing and engineering employees, correspondence

The membership began affiliation with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.Printed materials retained by the Branch. Indicative of contemporaneous events and interests of the union.Printed material in three boxes. 1. Monthly reports of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australasia 1901 September, November, December 1902 February, July 1903 April, May, November 1904 February-July 1908 May, December 1910 April, July, September-December 2. Monthly reports of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain 1902 Nos. 474-480, June-December 1903 No. 481, January; No. 483, March; No. 485, May; Nos. 487-488, July-August; No. 491, November. 1904 Nos. 494-498, February-June. 1905 No. 506, February; No. 511, July; No. 513, September. 1906 No. 519, March; Nos. 522-524, June-August. 1907 No. 533, May. 1908 Nos. 546-547, June, Jul; Nos. 549-552, September-December. 1909 No. 552, Jan; Nos. 556-557, April, May; No. 564, December. 1910 No. 565, January; Nos. 567-569, March-May. New Series 1911 Nos. 6-8, June-August; No. 10, October. 1912 Nos. 13-15, Jan-March; Nos. 18-20, June-August; No. 22, October; No. 24, December. 1913 No. 26, February. 1914 No. 42, June. 3. Annual reports of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain 49th Report December 1907 - December 1908 52nd Report December 1910 - December 1911 53rd Report December 1911 - December 1912 4. Lists of branches, officers and nights of meetings of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain January 1909 January 1910 Minutes of proceedings of the meeting of the General Council of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain, held in Manchester, 13th February-29 February 1912 6. Suggestions for the consideration of the meeting of the General Council held 28 June (1904?). 7. Returns of the votes on proposals of the General Council of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain for amending the rules, November 1910. (2 copies) 8. Circulars published by the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain: to Branch Secretaries, 5 May 1906; and June 1912; advertising the Society ca? 1910; and regarding removal of the General Office, 1 February 1904. 9. Circulars published by the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Victorian Branch: giving extract of the Determination of the Carpenters' Board, 29 April 1911 (3 copies); and advertising the Society ca? 1910. 10. Notice of special meeting of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Ballarat Branch, 27 November 1911. 11. Entrance card to the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Ballarat Branch, in the name of C. Rawlings, 18 May 1908. 12. List of proposals to be submitted to the votes of the members, together with the General Council's reasons for suggesting amendments to the rules. n.d. 13. Annual Report to the Members of the Victorian Branches of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, for the year ending 1911. (1 bundle) btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, building workers' industrial union, bwiu, fimee, federation of industrial, manufacturing and engineering employees, unions, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners of australasia, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners of great britain, minutes, general council of the amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners of great britain, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners, victorian branch, carpenters' board, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners, ballarat branch, entrance card, c. rawlings

Several smaller transport and carters' unions preceded the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia. In 1906, smaller carters' unions organised and registered together as Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia (FCDIUA). FCDIUA is a direct predecessor of the Transport Workers' Union.The minutes are a record of decisions and discussion by FCDIUA in Ballarat over the period of 1911-1928.Paper. 4 bound volumes.fcdiua, federated carters and drivers' industrial union of australia, twu, transport workers union, minutes, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall

Several smaller transport and carters' unions preceded the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia. In 1906, smaller carters' unions organised and registered together as Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia (FCDIUA). FCDIUA is a direct predecessor of the Transport Workers' Union.The minutes are a record of decisions and discussion by FCDIUA in Ballarat over the period of 1903-1917.Paper, 2 bound volumes.fcdiua, federated carters and drivers' industrial union of australia, twu, transport workers union, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, minutes

Several smaller transport and carters' unions preceded the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia. In 1906, smaller carters' unions organised and registered together as Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia (FCDIUA). FCDIUA is a direct predecessor of the Transport Workers' Union.Materials retained by the Branch represent contemporaneous events and matters of interest to the Union.Paper in folder. 1. Log of wages and working conditions; March 1918. 2. Judgement of Mr. Justice Powers in the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in the case of the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia and L. Arthur and others; c.a. 1918. 3. Judgement of Mr. Justice Quick in the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia's application to the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration for variation of awards (125/1920 and 67/1921); March 1923. 4. Rules of the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia; 1925. 5. Law relating to Factories, Workshops and Shops in Victoria; n.d. c.a. 1908.federated carters and drivers' industrial union of australia, fcdiua, twu, transport workers union, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, unions, wages, mr justice powers, commonwealth court of conciliation and arbitration, l. arthur, mr justice quick

History of the National Union of Printing, Books, Bindings and Paper Workers.Significant to history of unions and the labour movement in the United Kingdom.Paper. Front cover: dark blue with white text.Front cover: author's name and title.national union of printing, books, bindings and paper workers, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, united kingdom, history, printing industry, unions, printers

The story of the 1951 confrontation and lockout of waterfront workers in New Zealand (1951).A memoir that tells the story of a key event in New Zealand's union history.Paper. Front cover: red background; sepia picture of Jock Barnes; black and white text.Front cover: author's name, editor's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, new zealand, unions, waterfront workers, never a white flag, barnes, jock, memoir, history

An autobiography by Tas Bull who was an Australian trade union leader. Tas Bull became General Secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation from 1984 to 1993 and was also an office bearer in the ACTU in the late 1980s-early 1990s.Significant to the history of trade unions - particularly the Waterside Workers' Federation.Paper - book. Front cover: black background; blue and black photograph - male with an MUA inscription on the back of t-shirt; red and black portrait photograph; white text. Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, bull, tas, unions, waterside workers' federation, seaman's union of australia, delegates, international transport workers' federation, history, autobiography, actu, australian council of trade unions

History of the AWU which was formed in 1886. Shows AWU's role in strike actions (including the 1890s), opposition to conscription and the 1950s Labor split.Relevant to the history of the Australian Labor Party, Australian trade unions, National AWU, industrial relations and conscription.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow and blue background; picture of Australian Workers Union banner; white text.Front cover: authors' names and title; AWU name and slogan on the banner picture.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, australian labor party, alp, awu, australian workers union, industrial relations, strikes, unions, conscription, alp split

Biography of David Stewart (carpenter and educationalist). Through the labour movement, Stewart campaigned for a programme of workers' education. Stewart established a branch of the WEA in Sydney in 1913.Relevant to history of adult education and social history in NSW. The WEA is still in existence and offers courses in languages, the visual arts and humanities.Paper; book. Front cover: orange and white portrait photo of Stewart; red and black text. Front cover: author's name and title.workers educational association, stewart, david, education, labor movement, workers' education, adult education, wea, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council

An oral history of rank and file wharfies - history of working on the Melbourne waterfront.Relevant to the history of trade unionism and especially waterfront workers.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white image of two men; red and white text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, oral histories, wharfies, waterfront workers, unions, maritime workers' union, maritime workers' strike, class wars

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

History of the FIA from the early 20th century; has coverage of the steel industry that became significant through the first and second world wars. Relevant to union history in Australia and related industries.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow background, images of banners and other pictures; red and blue text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, fia, federated ironworkers' association of australia, steel industry and trade, iron and steel workers, iron industries, balmain, mort's dock, wwi, wwii

This book explores the choices employers have made and the reasons behind those choices in the context of the national economy, global meat trade and period of severe booms and busts.Relevant to industrial relations and the Australian and global meat trade.Paper; book. Front cover: Purple and white background; colour picture of meat worker at work.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, meat industry, employers, globalisation, economy, australasian meat industry employees' union, meat industry and trade -- australia, employee relations, exports

Matthew Peacock is an ABC journalist who researched the story of the company, James Hardy, that knowingly continued to sell asbestos products despite serious health risks to its employees and customers. Stories of past employees including the late Bernie Banton who publically crusaded against James Hardy.The book and its stories are significant to workplace health and safety in Australia and consumer safety.Paper; book. Front cover: red and black background; white and red text; photographs of Greg Combet, Bernie Banton and a man holding a banner that reads, "Killed by Asbestos".Front cover: title and author name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, banton, bernie, james hardy industries, occupational health and safety, asbestos, workers' compensation, political activists, unions, asbestosis, biography

The wharfies' mural shows the combined history of the waterside workers and the labour movement from the 1800s to the late 1930s.Descriptive of the artistic representation of union history, the first world war and the depression.Paper; book. Front cover: blue and white with mural.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, wharfies' mural, wharfies, art and history, depression, unions, history, wwi, waterside workers federation, wwf, murals, labour movement

History of the BLF and the campaign to break it.Relevant to the history of Australian unions and particularly the BLF. Paper, book. Front cover: Black and white image of a rally with Southern Cross flag; blue and white text.Front cover: Author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, blf, builders labourers federation, unions, history, building trades, strikes, industrial disputes, construction workers, politics, government

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

A cartoon history of the 1998 waterfront dispute.Relevant to the history of unions (especially the MUA) and industrial relations.Paper; book. Cover: black and white; cartoon on the front cover.Front cover: editor, author of foreword and title.ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, btlc, waterfront workers, waterfront dispute 1998, mua, maritime workers' strike, maritime union australia, unions, industrial relations, strikes

History of the Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia. The union ran from 1926-1974; it has subsequently gone through a number of name changes including the Communications Electrical Electronic Energy Information Postal Plumbing & Allied Services Union of Australia.Relevant to the history of unions in Australia, particularly the Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: Fawn background with blue, red and brown text; sketch of a building façade.Front cover: author's and editor's names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, amalgamated postal workers union of australia, communications electrical electronic energy information postal plumbing & allied services union of australia, politics, labour movement

The story of what was once the largest Australian union. The Shearers' Union was started by David Temple in 1886 in Ballarat. This union ultimately became the AWU from which the ALP evolved.Relevant to unions in the Ballarat region, particularly the Shearers' Union.Book; 136 pages. White cover with one colour photograph and two images of the Eureka Flag; black lettering; title and author name.Inscribed on title page: "To Graeme Shearer, [donor's name illegible], 04/09/2004."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, shearers' union, shearers' and rural workers' union, awu, australian workers union, alp, australian labor party, temple, david, history, shearers, pastoralists, unions, strikes

"What's Wrong With Australia?" claims to analyse Australia's "Communist menace" and the damage it has done to the country. The book reflects paranoia about Communism that was typical of the 1950s. There are reflections upon Communist influence upon the Tramways Union, Waterside Workers Federation, the building industry, strikes, railway services, the Labor Party and more.The book was written in 1953 by the Hon EJ Hogan who was a former leader of the Victorian Labor Party, who twice served as state premier. Relevant to Australian political and union history.Paper; hardback book. Title and author's name on the front of the book.communism, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, communist party - australia, tramways union, waterside workers federation, building industry, strikes, unions, railway services, victorian labor party, economic, cold war, reds under the bed

The background story of the 1998 industrial dispute between Patrick's stevedoring company and the Maritime Union of Australia. The dispute was triggered by Patrick's restructure of their company and subsequent lock out and dismissal of unionised workers. Non-union labour was deployed in an attempt to break the MUA.Relevance to the Waterfront dispute of 1998, the history of trade unions and, particularly, the MUA.Paper; book. Front cover: colour photographs; black, blue and white text. Front cover: author's name and title; quotation from Philip Adams.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, waterfront dispute 1998, maritime union australia, mua, unions, industrial action, strikes, lock outs, unfair dismissal, patrick's stevedoring, non-union labour

Commissioned by the Kennett government in 2000. The findings of this report intimate that deregulation of the labour market impacts adversely and inequitably upon workers who are already have unfavourable outcomes from the current system. This is volume 2 of a two volume report. Volume 1 (object B0446) is also held. Vol 1 - survey findings. Vol 2 - Analysis of labour force data.Relevant to history of modern industrial relations in Australia.Paperback. Front cover: background; white lettering.Front cover: title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, victorian industrial relations taskforce, victorian state government, statistics, labour market - deregulation