Labour council
Labour councils are a widespread phenomenon, but are given different names in different English-speaking areas. "Labour Council" is most common in Canada and Australia, "Labor Council" is used in the (USA) and "Trades Council", "Trades Union Council" or "Trades and Labour Council" in the United Kingdom (and until recently was widespread in Australia) and some other countries. Another term sometimes used is "Industrial Council", as in for example, the Barrier Industrial Council of Broken Hill in Australia.