RAILWAY SERVICE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 136, 15 March 1940, Page 2

RAILWAY SERVICE

UNIONISM ENFORCED THE SECOND DIVISION Compulsory unionism has been applied to the second division of the Railway Service as from last week, according to the Labour paper the Standard. Employees who are not already members of one or other of the recognised sei-viec organisations are allowed a period of from 8 to 16 weeks, according to the nature of their employment, in which to apply for membership of one of the railwaymen's industrial bodies, namely: (1) The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants; (2) the Locomotive Engine-drivers, Firemen and Cleaners' Association; (3) the Railway Tradesmen's Association. The decision of the Minister of Railways, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, to introduce compulsory unionism, the Standard states, was made upon representations from the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and is embodied in a regulation which laj's down that the continued. employment of any person to whom the regulation applies shall be conditional on his holding membership in one of, the organisations. The regulation affects all members of the second division and all others who are subject to the conditions of employment ordinarily applicable to that division, except apprentices and juniors under 18 years of age.