Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
- Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
The Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress was a meeting of trade union delegates held in Sydney, Australia in October 1885, succeeding congresses in 1879 and 1884. It was the first of these congresses to have representatives from every colony, except Western Australia, and every trade and industry. It had 99 delegates, [cite web
title =Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1885)
work =Australian Trade Union Archives
publisher =University of Melbourne
date =2002
url =http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0956b.htm#related
accessdate = 2007-05-16 ] including two delegates representing the Victorian Tailoresses Union, who were the first women at a congress. The unions involved claimed a membership of 150,000. It passed resolutions calling for the establishment of a federation of unions, the introduction of tariff protection, the introduction of payment of members of parliament, the extension of the franchise to sailors, the exclusion of Chinese labour (foreshadowing the White Australia policy) and the abolition of assisted immigration. The report of the congress was written by John Norton. [cite book
last =Pearl
first =Cyril
title =Wild Men of Sydney
publisher = W.H. Allen
date = 1958
location =London
pages =255
id = ISBN 0207135398 p29]
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