Early Life
Beasley was born in Werribee, Victoria, but moved to Sydney with his family as a child. He had a primary education in Catholic schools then became an apprentice electrician. He worked as an electrician for the Sydney City Council, and became President of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU). From 1922 to 1928 he was President of the Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales (now Unions NSW). At this time he was under the influence of John Garden and was briefly a member of the Communist Party of Australia, but he soon left and became an influential member of the Australian Labor Party.
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