Organisation: Australian Council of Trade Unions (1927 - )
- From
- 3 May 1927
- Topics
- Industrial relations and Trade Unions
- Alternative Names
- ACTU (acronym)
- Website
- http://www.actu.org.au
Summary
In 1927, union delegates gathered in the Victorian Trades Hall and voted to establish the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), a national trade union centre of affiliated unions.
The objectives of the ACTU, as stated in its constitution, are as follows:
- The socialisation of industry;
- Organisation of wage and salary earners in the Australian workforce (within the trade union movement);
- The utilisation of Australian resources to maintain full employment, establish equitable living standards which increase in line with output, and create opportunities for the development of talent.