Why do unions form peak bodies? The 1885 Brisbane Trades and Labour Council

John Kellett

Why do unions form peak bodies? The 1885 Brisbane Trades and Labour Council

John Kellett

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The way in which the first Brisbane Trades and Labour Council formed in 1885 neatly illustrates the veracity of Ellem and Shields' hypothesis on the origins and founding purpose of peak labour bodies. The BTLC emerged from the Eight Hours Movement. Just as this Movement was elitist, exclusivist and wedded to the concept of the benevolent employer and the unity of the interests of capital and labour, so too did the BTLC exhibit these traits. Ellem and Shields' notion of internal and external causal factors, and the importance they place on the intersection of these factors, is, with some moderation in emphasis, a useful tool in understanding the origins of the Brisbane Trades and Labour Council.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Dialouge Downunder: Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)
Editors	Frances Laneyrie, Lizzie Li, Ray Markey
Place of Publication	Auckland, New Zealand
Publisher	Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute
ISBN (Print)	9781877314978
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	AIRAANZ 2011: 25th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference: Dialouge Downunder - Auckland, New Zealand Duration: 1 Feb 2011 → 4 Feb 2011

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Conference	AIRAANZ 2011: 25th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference: Dialouge Downunder
City	Auckland, New Zealand
Period	1/02/11 → 4/02/11

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Kellett, J. (2011). Why do unions form peak bodies? The 1885 Brisbane Trades and Labour Council. In F. Laneyrie, L. Li, & R. Markey (Eds.), Dialouge Downunder: Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8441

Kellett, John. / Why do unions form peak bodies? The 1885 Brisbane Trades and Labour Council. Dialouge Downunder: Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ). editor / Frances Laneyrie ; Lizzie Li ; Ray Markey. Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute, 2011.

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Kellett, J 2011, Why do unions form peak bodies? The 1885 Brisbane Trades and Labour Council. in F Laneyrie, L Li & R Markey (eds), Dialouge Downunder: Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ). Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute, Auckland, New Zealand, AIRAANZ 2011: 25th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference: Dialouge Downunder, Auckland, New Zealand, 1/02/11. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8441>

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Dialouge Downunder: Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ). ed. / Frances Laneyrie; Lizzie Li; Ray Markey. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute, 2011.

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