Trade Union Act is a stock short title

Short title

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 used for legislation in the United Kingdom

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 and Australia

Australia

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 which relates to trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

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The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Trade Union Bill during its passage through Parliament

Parliament

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Trade Union Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which amends the law relating to trade unions. In the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, it is a term of art.

Australia

Queensland

• The Trade Union Act 1915

New South Wales

• The Trade Union Act 1881

United Kingdom

• The Trade Union Act 1871
  Trade Union Act 1871
  Trade Union Act 1871 was a Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which legalised trade unions for the first time in the United Kingdom.-Background:...
  
   (34 & 35 Vict c 31)
• The Trade Union Amendment Act 1876
• The Trade Disputes Act 1906
  Trade Disputes Act 1906
  The Trade Disputes Act 1906 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed under the Liberal government of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman...
  
   (6 Edw 7 c 47)
• The Trade Union Act 1913
  Trade Union Act 1913
  The Trade Union Act of 1913 was passed by the Liberal British Government under Prime Minister Herbert Asquith to remedy the situation caused by the 1909 Osborne Judgment, and gave unions the right to divide their subscriptions into a political and a social fund. If union members objected to these...
  
   (3 & 4 Geo 5 c 30)
• The Trade Union (Amalgamation) Act 1917
• The Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927
• The Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946
  Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946
  The Trade Disputes And Trade Unions Act 1946 was a British Act of Parliament passed by post-war Labour government to repeal the Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927.-Repeal:...
  
  
• The Trade Union (Amalgamations) Act 1964
• The Trade Disputes Act 1965
• The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974
  Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974
  The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 was a UK Act of Parliament, now replaced by the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1992. The 1974 Act was introduced by the Labour Government, and both repealed and replaced the Conservatives' Industrial Relations Act 1971...
  
   (c 52)
• The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Amendment) Act 1976 (c 7)
• The Trade Union Act 1984
  Trade Union Act 1984
  The Trade Union Act 1984 was a law in the United Kingdom that required all trade unions to hold a secret ballot before calling a strike. The majority of the act did not apply to trade unions based in Northern Ireland. The act was repealed on 16 October 1992...
  
  
• The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
  Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
  The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1992 is a UK Act of Parliament which regulates British labour law. The Act applies in full in England and Wales and in Scotland, and partially in Northern Ireland....
  
  
• The Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993
  Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993
  The Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament designed to make amendments and consolidate parts of UK labour law, in particular the Employment Protection Act 1978...
  
  (c 19)

The Trade Union Acts

The Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1906 means the Trade Union Acts 1871 and 1876 and Trade Disputes Act 1906.

The Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1913 means the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1906 and the Trade Union Act 1913.

The Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1964 means the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1913 and the Trade Union (Amalgamations) Act 1964.

The Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1971 means ... It is applicable to Northern Ireland.