Trades hall
A trades hall is a building where trade unions meet together, or work from cooperatively, as a local representative organisation, known as a labour council or trades hall council. The term is commonly used in England, New Zealand, Scotland and Australia. They are sometimes called a union hall, or labour temple in North America (see, for instance, Finnish Labour Temple, Labor Temple Building, Union Hall (Danforth, Maine), etc.)
Victorian Trades Hall, the oldest trades hall in the world
They are sometimes colloquially called "the worker's parliament".
See also
- Labour council
- Union Hall (disambiguation)
- Category:Trades halls in Australia
- Johannesburg Trades Hall
- Trades Hall of National Training School for Women and Girls
- Trades Hall, Glasgow
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