Industrial Revolution

trade union

Trade Union

Tried to improve working condition via trade union

before industrial revolution → some skilled workers organisations existed

1799

Organisation of trade union → banned under *Combination* ***acts***

→ illegal for workers to join together to fight for better pay and conditions

1824

Acts repealed

workers used strikes and pickets to try win justice

1825

British Government outlawed tactics

1820s overall

trade unionism grew rapidly in general → despite restainance

ESPECIALLY in textile industry

1830s

British trade union

concerned not only for immediate issue but ***fundamentally*** changing society

unionist worked to form cooperative society

running own buis → eventually no need for capalist who owned factory

trade union - aus

not highly industrialised country

inheritied trade union from britian

1840s

aus union emerged

1860s - 1880s

unionism became stronger

1890s

huge strikes

employers tried to win gains won by Aus workers

strikes defeated

aus still had one of the highest levels of trade unionism ship globally

1850s

trade unions succeeded winning eight hr working day for skilled tradesmen

other working → incluing women and children

→ worked 10 hrs or more a day for lower wages

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