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Labor Council StructureUnlike unions who have workers as their members, the Labor Council has affiliated unions and Regional Trades & Labor Councils its members. Unions pay an affiliation fee, based on the number of members they represent. Currently there are 67 unions and 8 Rural and Regional Trades & Labor Councils affiliated to the Labor Council. The Labor Council meets at 6.00 pm every Thursday night in the Main Auditorium, Sydney Trades Hall, 4 Goulburn St, Sydney. Traditionally termed the "Parliament of the Trade Union Movement" Labor Council meeting occupies a unique place in the Labour Movement’s history – in previous times the debate ran hot, with the factions lined-up facing each other on different sides of the room. Today the meetings are regularly attended by around 100 - 200 delegates and the discussion covers a broad range of issues of significance to the Labour Movement. These issues include workplace campaigns, social issues, individual disputes, union success stories, state-wide campaigns and issues involving Government. Labor Council Delegates elect, through their industry group, a representative to the Labor Council Executive which meets each week, prior to the Labor Council meeting. Delegates to Labor Council elect a Secretary, Assistant Secretary and three Deputy Assistant Secretaries. Each of the three Deputy Assistant Secretaries is responsible for one of the portfolio areas of Organising, Community and Industrial. They are full-time elected officers of the Labor Council. Delegates also elect a President, five Vice Presidents and three Trustees. They are the honorary officers of the Labor Council. Non-elected officers of the Labor Council, include Industrial Officers, Organisers, Research Officers and OH&S Officers. Their role is to assist the elected officers in their role representing unions, assisting with industrial disputes, co-ordinating unions within industries, representing unions to Government and running test cases in the Industrial Commission. The Labor Council also has a dedicated team of support staff whose hard work makes the day-to-day operations of the Council possible. The Labor Council is the State Branch of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and a part of the national trade union structure it has direct representative on the ACTU Executive. The Labor Council is headed by the Secretary. The role of the Secretary is to lead campaigns, assist unions in major industrial dispute, speak to the media, and to manage the day-to-day affairs of the Council. Previous Secretaries include former NSW Premier The Hon. Barry Unsworth, The Hon. John Ducker and Michael Costa. Currently the Secretary is John Robertson who started his working life as an Electrician. Later John became an Organiser with the Electrical Trades Union. He joined the Labor Council in as an Enterprise Bargaining Officer during the establishment of the enterprise bargaining system in NSW. John was elected Secretary in 2001 after the resignation of Michael Costa who was elected to the NSW Parliament. The full list of Labor Council’s Secretaries is below: H. M. Ford 1871-1872 T. White 1872 A. Cameron 1873 T. White 1873 F. B. Dixon 1873-1874 A. Cameron 1874 P. Aiken 1874-1876 T. H. Hall 1876-1879 W. Helstey 1880 W. R. Roylance 1880-1882 J. E. West 1883 F. B. Dixon 1883 T. Symons 1884-1887 J. J. Cronin 1887-1888 T. J. Houghton 1888-1891 J. Riddell 1891-1894 J. P. Cochran 1894-1902 T. H. Thrower 1903-1904 J. P. Cochran 1904-1910 E. J. Kavanagh 1910-1918 J. S. Garden 1918-1922 J. Howie 1922 J. S. Garden 1923-1934 R. A. King 1934-1958 J. D. Kenny 1958-1967 R. B. Marsh 1967-1974 J. P. Ducker 1975-1979 B. Unsworth 1979-1983 J. MacBean 1984-1988 M. B. Easson 1989-1994 P. Sams 1994-1998 M. Costa 1998-2001 J. Robertson 2001- The Unions NSW is registered as the State Peak Council of Employees under Section 215 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW). |
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