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The eight regional Trades And Labour Councils Of Victoria are Ballarat Regional, Bendigo , Geelong and Region, Gippsland , Goulburn Valley , Mallee Murray , North-East and Border and South West.

Affiliation to the Council is open to any industrial organisation of employees with at least 20 Financial Member s. Delegates from affiliated organisations are elected to meet as the Victorian Trades Hall Council. There is an annual conference to set policy, with monthly Council Meetings, and an Executive which meets more often to administer the affairs between council meetings, particularly matters of an urgent nature.


RESPONSIBILITIES


The Victorian Trades Hall Council is responsible for:

  • implementing Australian Council Of Trade Unions policy within Victoria.

  • co-ordinating union activities and campaigns, involving more than one union.

  • providing assistance with research, negotiations and advocacy to affiliated organisations.

  • lobbying State Parliament for social and industrial reforms.

  • providing a public point of contact for general enquiries on Victorian unions.

  • administering Melbourne Trades Hall , which provides offices and meeting rooms for the Council and Executive, as well as leasing space to affiliated unions and other activist and social change groups.




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HISTORY


In 1856 Stonemason s in Melbourne won the Eight Hour Day , one of the first occasions in the world where organised workers had achieved this without loss of pay. The same year ''Melbourne Trades Hall Committee'' was formed and received a grant of land to built a Trades Hall . The world's first workers parliament, Melbourne Trades Hall , was built on the site in 1859 , and over the years has been further developed. With increasing activity during the 1880s in the Australian Labour Movement the committee became a Council to reflect its expanding role. The full title, ''Victorian Trades Hall Council'' was formerly adopted in 1968 .

Some notable members of the Trades Hall Council from the 1880s include William Trenwith and Chummy Fleming , both from the '' Victorian Operative Bootmakers Union ''.


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