UNION DEREGISTERED

Chronicle (Levin), 26 March 1949, Page 4

UNION DEREGISTERED

Press Assncicnt.ion )

Minister Takes Action In Carpenters' Di$|)uiE

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WELLINGTON, March 25. Hdn, A; MbLagan, Minister of Labour, announced tonight that notice had * been gazetted canceliin^ ihe re^stratidh bf .ihe Mew ^.eafahd |fexeep Jbth^o 4hd Sdhth- . iaiid) Larpenters, Joihers and Joiners c Machinists ; Industrial Union of Workei'S. in respect .df the area lying within a radius .of 56 miles from the ehief pojst bfdcei Auckland. . The Minister ppinted. but .that in i*egistei;in^ , .Urider the Industrial Coneiliation and Arbitration ACt and applying to have its dispute with ihe employers heard before a Coneiliation Council and th'e Court bf Aribitration the Carpenters' Uhion and its members had 4Ccepted the jurisdiction-' of the court; thereby undertakihg tp abide by the Cdurt's decisions. .-J • The'carpehtefs iil Auckland had . at tlie instigation of certaih. offtcials faiiect td honbuf tliis uiidertaking ahd they still persisted. ih their attitude. . "V The Minister stated that ' in tHeSe circiinistanc'es thC GbvCriiment had no option but to cancel the registration of thb Uriidn in the area cohcerned. . Thef effect of this 4'ctibii, Cbiicllided thb linister, is that there is no .award bovering carpenters, joiners ,and joiners' maChiiiists ih the Auckland district, and there is ' no industrial unibn to Which those workers may b.elong; .