EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE OF LABOUR FEDERATION CALLED
Wil! be Largest in Indu strial History of Dominion
WELLINGTON, Jan. 10. At a special meeting of the national executive of the Federation of Labour it was unanimously decided to call an extraordinary conference of all its affiliations for Tuesday, January 21, states the secretary of the Federation (Mr. K. Baxter). The executive in Teaching its decision recognised the responsibility of the Federation to the industrial workers of the Dominion and their relationJ;o the national economy. The conference has been specially convened to discuss the position that. has developed on the waterfront whieh is considered by the executive to raise the most important issue in the history of the Federation and of the whole ti'ade union movement. The conference will again discuss the policy of the Federation in relation to the industrial' disputes in terms " of the decision reached at the 1946 conferenoe. The importance of the conference and the subject for discussion will bring the largest representation yet experienced in industrial history. It is expected that evcry affiliation will be fully represented, states Mr. BaxUr.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 January 1947, Page 8
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