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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Acts repealed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
