CONDITIONS OF WORK
AIMS OF INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATION
TALK BY MR D. I. MACDONALD
The guest of honour at a luncheon meeting held by the Canterbury Chapter of the New Zealand . Institute of Secretaries yesterday was Mr D. I. Macdonald, one of the foundation members of the chapter. Mr Macdonald, who will leave to-morrow to attend a meeting of the governing body of the International Labour Organisation in London next month, was accorded best wishes for an enjoyable voyage. • The chairman of the chapter (Mr A. E. G. Lyttle), who presided, congratulated Mr Macdonald on the honour conferred on him by his appointment as one of the employers’ representatives at the meeting. Mr Macdonald, who was greeted with acclamation, thanked members, for their good wishes. He explained that the formation of the International Labour Organisation was provided for in the Treaty of Versailles, as it was foreseen that more distant and less highly civilised countries of the world womd, after the war, be in a position to -compete unfairly with western European countries. The latter, whether victors or vanquished, had to meet the cost of the war. and it was thus foreseen that they would suffer in competition with the newer and more distant countries. The aims of the organisation were to equalise conditions of employment throughout the world and it comprised 50 or 52 member States, nearly every country in the world except Germany and Russia. Mr Macdonald said that an office staff was maintained at Geneva, the staff being drawn from the whole world, and that its importance to New Zealand lay in the fact that it was building up a set of industrial and commercial statistics used in every part of the world. Each member State contributed towards expenses through its government. The organisation was hot subject to control by the League of Nations, and its duties were entirely separate. The governing body of the organisation consisted of eight employers’ representatives (of which Mr Macdonald will be one), eight workers’ representatives, and 16 government representatives. All these were drawn from those present at the of the organisation. It was gratifying to hear that previous conventions *had shown that New Zealand legislation was ahead of most equalising conditions that had been recommended. Mr Macdonald was thanked for his explanation. .He promised to give members an account of the meeting on his return.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 16
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393CONDITIONS OF WORK Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 16
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