THE POWER TO STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 5

THE POWER TO STRIKE.

• (BT, CpprBIOHT^) ■' '■'■•' ':';>:■:■ v i:'' '■/■•A- ■'■ : . ; Sytjney,'February,S./H "■■. Tie :'Wharf "Labourers'-'tJnion. has 'decided.' ;to Recede: from ';th& Sydney; Labour • Counoil, ■'■ owingto"'the power'the.latter has'iakon'with regard k> declaring a' gbnei:nKstriked'.','■■;.;; :•/' ;p ; . Tie .resolution by (which;!*? :Sydney' Labours tounoil took the power oomplained of,'and the eflorts ; since; made ;to;,amenii ,it;: are-set-forth-' in, the following ; report "of .•>fh'a meeting of ■■• the : counoilon January 21:—.:':,;■ '::.!;.' v ; • '•;'■' °I Mo 0": was .further; considered: at the meetink ■of/the jSydnoy.. Labour .Council; .The previous resolution■ placing-in ;the.-hands'of ;the council supreme .power in.'times of industrial-unrest .was 'not., rescinded,: ;but'it ■ was -.apparent that" .delegates desired: to r? open the debate.'. The resolution carried at the previous meeting by , -one ,vpter(sl:toso).Mvas.embodiDdiu-;the followingsociety and :co.u]icil-affiliatedi: snoll agree; to; and abi'do by the decision ■ of the 'i 'oounoilin all : : tion and judgment." l : ■':. > T;;". ■;;.'■■: f , ' ; ,:: ■■ .:■: '. vMr,;.E,. Farrar, (Sq.ddleri'i'nnidnfeuLjiis! oity,'.as ( vioe-presidenf ; 'of : .tlie".council, r ' moved jthu,t!,,,'No( society ,shalli'6rder..-its members to cease work'or.take anyi'course ofculated;to involve-affiliated-iunions in'inclustriai ! 'trouble, 1 or' to ! n«co'S3itat.e : an appeal for financial assistance;-without:• first-• affording-the' -council ? m .Ple .opportunity, of ..investigating. tho- matter '■■ •in_dispute," with. a view; to - securing: a , , peaceful settlement-of the difficulty ..where practicable." • I j'S"!? , -' explained:- how.'unions."--had -{fbl-' into,.diffipulties^in-: i tho'pastovetiminor. tronmight;• have '.been; settled bv' tho antiSrvoiltioriHf-oa ; -third -'Ipartyrt-This' : motion : .was' not, he .said, intended reso- ; ration that , ; had ; been' but was simply for... the -.purpose Hot; good;-govornraent:-.give , the- council a power .which-it .had, not .before.; kno,w jwhen',an Appeal'came -for. finanoial as'-- : sistanoe■, that Mt, would be upon ,its merits, ■ : ' ■:• Mr. ■■A.'' H;' Hampton .(Boilermakers) '.asked, would ..motion Hake itway the men's; right to strike as:a union?,: : " ; /:.::: : . :. '.'{■•.:":■■ ;-The:T)rosident said:it; ; would.' : ; "'-!■'■''.■ v.W; : ' ; i£r.:Hampton:. Well;-I'.shall.votefagainst it:' (Hear,'.'-,hear.-),Th.ere.-,wouldi:be v del#inrcori; : sulting;. .the'councU>when'delay ;might:mean Cllsaster. ; ',.'. ■,:.. . .;..,- ,-..-■.: -..-.^..■■:". •■■'.,.. :-•;,■■: that the object of the exeoutiyewßs to' prevent unions -rushing intor, turmoil' and • then ■• coming .J • I?™ 011 .-asking for. .support..; The council could, '.\by passing- the ■ -prrisent'.-inio'lion, refuse .y-P,,support :a .union- which might; on-its ; oivn initiative^take, ii course, of action"which mieht jeopardise:anothpr,union;. V'::■':?';'';.-\'-:;-: ■ :The debate'was,,adjourned.' , ■ ,: if.' •)'• :,'a l% .' ':