Victorian Trades Hall Council
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The Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) is a representative body of
The eight regional Trades and Labour Councils are
Affiliation to the VTHC is open to any industrial organisation of employees (most commonly called a trade union) with at least 20 financial members. Delegates from affiliated organisations are elected to meet as the Victorian Trades Hall Council. There are monthly Council meetings, and an Executive which meets fortnightly to administer the union affairs, particularly matters of an urgent nature.[2]
Responsibilities
The Victorian Trades Hall Council is responsible for:
- 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.
Secretaries of the Victorian Trades Hall Council
- Luke Hilakari, 2014–present[3]
- Brian Boyd, 2005–2014[4]
- Leigh Hubbard, 1995–2005[5]
- John Halfpenny, 1988–1995[6]
- Peter Marsh, 1985–1987
- K.C. (Ken) Stone, 1969–1985[7]
- Michael Christopher Charles (Mick) Jordan, 1964–1969
- James Victor (JV) Stout, 1938–1964
- Albert Monk, 1933–1938[8]
- William (Bill) Duggan, 1931–1933
- Maurice Boyce Duffy, 1929–1930
- Jack Holloway, 1920–1929[9]
- Charles Gray, 1910–1920
- James Munn, July 1910 – September 1910
- Stephen Barker, 1901–1910
- John George Barrett, 1893–1901
- David Bennet, 1886–1893
- William Emmett Murphy, 1877–1886[10]
History
In 1856
In recent times, as well as being the centre for union activity, the Trades Hall Council has opened the Trades Hall building to many cultural events, plays, and concerts including the
Some notable members of the Trades Hall Council from the 1880s include William Trenwith and Chummy Fleming, both from the Victorian Operative Bootmakers Union.
Issues
Leigh Hubbard as Secretary of the VTHC, along with Sharan Burrow, President of the ACTU, signed an international labour declaration against the war on Iraq in February 2003 involving over 200 unions and 550 union leaders from 53 countries representing 130 million workers.[14] The VTHC is an affiliate of the Victorian Peace Network.[15]
VTHC President Kevin Bracken sparked outrage on 20 October 2010 when he told Jon Faine's ABC talk-back program the 911 attacks on the World Trade Center were not the result of terrorist activity. He said the story was a conspiracy that "didn't stand up" to scientific scrutiny.[16]
References
- ^ Membership info from VTHC web site
- ^ VTHC website Accessed 30 April 2007
- ^ Trade Unions: The new broom in the Hall The Age, 12 December 2014
- ^ Howard's IR plans find a foe in new Trades Hall head, Brian Boyd ABC Radio transcript, The World Today, 8 March 2005. Accessed 30 April 2007
- ^ Two in line for Hubbard's union job The Age, 29 January 2005. Accessed 30 April 2007
- ^ Doyen of the left dies at 68 The Age 21 December 2003. Accessed 30 April 2007
- ^ "The Age". news.google.com. 19 July 1985. p. 6. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ Monk, Albert Ernest (1900–1975) Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ Holloway, Edward James (Jack) (1875–1967) Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ Murphy, William Emmett (1841–1921) Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ISBN 0-909081-29-8
- ^ Did you hear the one about the comedian who broke even? The Age 8 April 2007. Accessed 30 April 2007
- ^ Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance National Trust of Australia – Victoria. Accessed 30 April 2007
- ^ Organizations Representing 130 Million Workers Say NO to War! United for Peace and Justice website. Accessed 12 May 2007
- ^ See Vicpeace website Accessed 12 May 2007.
- ^ Deery, Shannon; McMahon, Stephen (21 October 2010). "Trades Hall president Kevin Bracken stands by his 9/11 conspiracy". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010.
- Melbourne Trades Hall Reason in Revolt website Source Documents of Australian Radicalism
- Radical and Working Class Politics. A Study of Eastern Australia 1850–1910 Robin Gollan, MUP (1966) No ISBN