Penal Provisions Sought For Coal Strike
•— — •+ WELLINGTON, Sept. 3. In view of the failure of the Minister of Labour to efl'ect a settlement of the Waikato coal strike and the proved inadequacy of last session's secret ballot legislation, would he forthwith introduce legislation amending the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act by reintroducing the, penal provisions of the secret ballot clauses... which., were included in the original legislation as introduced by the Minister but which were withdrawu because of objections froiu the^ederation of Labopr and the Communist Party? - , This was a question asked by Mr. W. A..Slieat (Nat., Patea) when the House of Represehtatives resumed this morning. Mr. Sheat also asked if the Minister was aware that the two youths who were recently convicted of vandalism in New Plymouth, and who were prevented froin working for • the Borougli Counci] as ordered by the Court unless they. werepaid award wages and enrolled as union members, have since been working witliout pay for a Hospital Board. "Wliether in the opinion oi' the Crovvn Law Office this also constitutes a breach of the I.C. and A. Act, and if so what action does the Minister propose taking to uphold the law iu this inatter," continued the question.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 September 1948, Page 3
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