Trades Hall

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Melbourne Trades Hall in the suburb of Carlton on Lygon Street
Perth Trades Hall at 74 Beaufort Street

As Trades Hall (German: Gewerkschaftshaus ) is a building in the UK , Scotland and Australia called to meet in which the unions. Regional trade union organizations, also known as the Labor Council , Trades Hall Council , meet in these buildings .

Campaigns for the interests and rights of workers are planned and coordinated in these houses, and events against racism and fascism and about the future of work are held. Different unions coordinate in these houses and react to local political events as far as they are of union concern.

These union houses are sometimes called the worker's parliament .

Examples

Well-known examples are in

  • Australia
    • Adelaide Trades Hall
    • Brisbane Trades Hall
    • Broken Hill Trades Hall
    • Hobart Trades Hall
    • Melbourne Trades Hall
    • Perth Trades Hall
    • Sydney Trades Hall
  • Great Britain
    • London Trades Union Councils
    • Glasgow Trades Union Council
    • Manchester Association Trades Union Councils
  • Northern Ireland
    • Belfast and District Trades Council
  • Republic of Ireland
    • Dublin Council of Trade Unions

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