STATEMENT BY MR H. HUNTER.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14833, 26 November 1913, Page 10

STATEMENT BY MR H. HUNTER.

Mr Hiram Hunter, referring ycsterday evening to the statement that a.. • new drivers' union had been formed.*, starting with 60 members of the" old -, union,'made the following statement:— \- "The Industrial Conciliation and Arm- /-v_ tration Act provides that, so long as &; r . f union exists in "a , district' to workers can conveaiontly belong, othor, union el&ll be registered in district. The Canterbury union Iβ %. A registered under the Act, and it is also ,*?- a-member of the' Drivers- Federation, £l which is also registered under the Act,;**, Now the union retains its registration-,*,.' oven if it comes out on strike, until ita|r registration is cancelled on its own mention or through the action of •Arbitration' Court cancelling .ifcT registration, on' application ,- nuideto it'by the Inspector of Awards or the Labour Departmeni for a breach ■ o.tpgr - % reason. HSo, untfl. action is ,taken on -^ ; these lines, and the ; registration is lor- . * elbly cancelled, the action of the em- ,$ plovers-is absolutely illegal. -% ,s lt is alleged that fiJtv members of j> ; the old ; union have joined tho new union," adSed Mr Hunter. "I do not $_ believe it;' The nucleus: of the new unipn has been obtained, from Uey- *§ wood's stables, and the,prime fflovere -| J aro Mr Arthur Bmith,i of Heyw«)od s, ■* also president of r the Master Car- - $ 'riersV Association, and Mr Cooper. pr£- - 3 sident of the ■ Employers , Association."