ABANDON THEORY OF CLASS WARFARE

Chronicle (Levin), 7 January 1947, Page 6

ABANDON THEORY OF CLASS WARFARE

i h Press Assn.

RAISE OUTPUT; RAISE LIVING STANDARD V ' .

By Telegrap

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isievuxvuu xvxuiiuay, xu.au p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 6. Enforcement of industrial law and . wide collaboration between employcrs, employees and the Goverrunent , are urgecl- in .a meraorandnm issued publicly byC.the president of the Australian Council of Employers' Eederations (Mr. O. D. Oberg). The nionioranduni, which puts for vvard-a.progr.amme for full production : by. Austraiiiin. iiidustry, was reoeutlv submitted to Mr. Chifiey, Federal Prime Minister. It declares that full prodintion is a prerequisite to industrial peace. Without raising the output by the nation 's vvorkers real standards. caunot be raisod. The niemorandum calls for the abandonmcnt of the tlieory of elass warfare and asserts tliat Governnient inlerventiou in industry, except to the • niiuimum ,0^tent iieccssary in iiormal liiiies, is a'Tlu-eat to4ndusitriaJ peace. : The pruposaJs incUtde.an harly eut in •I laxali'ou, Hpjffi'fe.pe'ualties for breaclies of -tlie-v industrial law, eonipulsory secrel tiuiJots before strikes, the speeding np of the arbitration niachinery, iucentive paynients in. induxixy where practicable, vvork tuition classas in factories, regular discussions b/tvveen employers and employees, and oi/tlavvry , of sectional .strikes and unautjiorised sloppages. ' ' Australian Watersiders Msy Strike An AusLraJjaii-wide strike by water siders is ppssible witliin the ne.vi I'orliiiglit i'oiloyviiig dissatisfactJoii wil.h ihe action of the shipowners who I'eccntly oblainod an iiijunclion in the High Court rostnuuing the Btevedoriiig Industry ( 'ominission from granliiig holidays with pay. Tliis was iniensified during the week-eiid wlien a 20 per cent. eut in "apjiearauce money1' was ordereil by the eoinmissLon. Au allowance of IGs was Lo have beeu paid • from -.Jainiary 2 lo watersiders who aLtendetl- .at • pick-up centres but failed to get jolis. Tliis was reduced to 12s. TJiis and Ihe queslion of holidays uith pay wiil be discussed at a special inecliiig of.the national council of tlu: union oit .lanuury 1 0. The council has alrondy been givon- authority by branclics lo call.a general strike on the liolidav issue. Despile sonie dissensioii witliin i(.^ own ranks and strongiv expresscd disapjiroval of Ihe employers and the I lousewi ves ' Assoeiatiou nearly all the butchor sliojiH in iSydney and Nevv castle failed to ojien todav. Few Butcliers Open The iSydney Telegraph pubiislies a list of butcliers who are defying the luui, but il caunot uauie uioro t lia.u 11b on t of Ihe 1200 butcliers iu Hyduey and its suburbs. Mauy others, liowevor, are indclinite about their action because tliey are uucerlaiii of ineat supjilies. The Ilousewi ves ' Association is supporling the Meal Industry I'Jiu ployees' Union iu tlu; eoiitejition tha: Ihe elosure is in efl'eel a lock-out oi employees. Newcaslle bulfhers are pructieally . iiuaui tnous on the elosure, but it is no; lirlicved likely that Ihe al Leiidauces on . the northcrn '•baHields will be all'eeteil f oday. Sydnev gasworkers will be • asktui : (oday to . support Ihe union branclics in V.ictoria and youth, Australia which are on strike. The requdst will be mad at a mass meeling this aftenioon. X ew Kout.h Wales offieial's are exjiecl ed to op|iose the drastic action al present, though it is not known how mucli support thev can rely on from the rank and tilo menibers.