Eastern Goldfields Trades and Labour Council

The Eastern Goldfields Trades and Labour Council was a trades and labour council (TLC) based in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.

The first Western Australian trades and labour council conference had been held in Coolgardie in 1899.[1] The Eastern Goldfields was the council for trade unions in the goldfields in Western Australia.[2] It attempted to mediate and act for a range of trade unions based in Kalgoorlie-Boulder and nearby localities.[3][4]

It was an organiser of social events such as eight hour day celebratory picnics at Mungari.[5][6]

References

  1. "W. A. Trades' Union Congress". Kalgoorlie Miner. Western Australia. 6 April 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 24 January 2020 via Trove.
  2. Oliver, Bobbie; Curtin University of Technology. Australia Research Institute (2003), Unity is strength : a history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, API Network, Australia Research institute, Curtin University, ISBN 978-1-920845-00-1
  3. "TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL". Western Argus. Western Australia. 24 December 1918. p. 14. Retrieved 24 January 2020 via Trove.
  4. "TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL". Western Mail. Western Australia. 21 July 1900. p. 12. Retrieved 24 January 2020 via Trove.
  5. "EASTERN GOLDFIELDS TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL". Western Argus. Western Australia. 29 October 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 24 January 2020 via Trove.
  6. Layman, Lenore (April 1989), "Labour's annual holiday: eastern goldfields eight hours demonstrations, 1900/ 1914 [Paper in: Layman, Lenore and Stannage, Tom (eds). Celebrations in Western Australia]", Studies in Western Australian History (10): 93–99, ISSN 0314-7525
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