TRADE UNIONS UNLIKELY TO CO-OPERATE
Received Wednesdav, 10.45 a.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 14. The State president of the Australian Labour Party, Mr. J. A. Ferguson, who is a member of the Legislative Councii, said it was unlikely that the trade union movement would give the Menzies Government any assistance or eo-oper-ation unless it suited the movement. "The British Medical Association has given us an object lesson in how not to co-operate with the Government," added Mr. Ferguson. "The trade union movement will give the Menzies Government just as much co-operation as the British Medical Association and 'other Liberal Partv 'organisations gave the Chifley Government. , "Whether trade unions will agree to representation on any , trade union panel set up by the Menzies Government is a m'atter for the movement to determine. Trade unionists remember that empl03^prs refused to be represented on the advisory councils proposed by the Curtin and Chifiev Govprnments. If Mr. Menzies wants trade union panels it is certain that he only wants them to make the path of his Government easier. He wants co-oneration froih the trade union movement on his own- terms."
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 December 1949, Page 5
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