THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 10

THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK

I ' —•— [ u PROPOSED LEGISLATION. I TWO DANGEES. { ' CBy Telegraph—Press Association) | Duncdui, October 23 > , Tho annual meeting of tho Otago Employers' 1 ' Association was hold this afternoon Tho executive m tho annual report states that tho ■v momborship reached tho high-wator mark lost ■ ( year, whoa almost the wholo of the employers in Dunodin wore accounted for. This year tho , .membership 13 fully maintained The yeai ; opened with a credit balance of JE479, and t closed with a credit of .£173, notwithstanding tho fnot that tho espouses wero tho heaviest in tho history of tho association * h. lllO I °P, ort * ont on to state that somo of tho amendments promised in connection with tno lactones Act were m tho interest, of tho employers as well as tho workers Somo aro not ui the interests of either If the proposal to-bring in weekly employment in our manu lactnring trades is given cttect to it would pro\o a very eenous liiterferenc with the basis of nil labour in these trades, as it would mean paying workers for idle time In rcfciring to tho Conciliation and Arbitration Act, , the ropoit sa.vs '•(.)« mg to tho attitude ot r '.tho Court in practiclly calling a halt to in i -creased wages and reduced wages, and tho Workers lcahsinu tho nselessness of going be ioro it with increased demands, as was theii wont overy time tho term of an award ex t pircd, they are now eudeniounng to obtain bj coiiforonco with employers what thoj failed to obtain, from tho Court, and in scmo in stances, they havo succeeded Mam of the older workers ore becoming bred of the frit ' «.»"' ilTf' and , Efuoral umest caused by '- Iztti k ai]an S oaTt Proceedings, and arc Sw!" 8 m I P ttuen « "i favour of more con dilatory methods A great majority of tho dis 5?{K T» 3 tb .° P " st . Jcar have Settled ; ?, lthou t, the mtcn ration of the Court 'Xo those who aro not behind tho scenes, and ludfing from nempapor icports, tho now \ct seems ' ti nJ^l 1 "' P artl f,"'"l3, well, but such is fnd.. q h.,„l , 'T 1 l!° dan « er9 threitcn tho lnduottial councils 'The iirst is the payment ' ' ncm S«i h the past, tho best worfias " rf tt a " b /. confero "" s with 'a good number : ' JJTT " ta £ m °, n olthor 6ldo Now that Pmn» , k T h <- aT t ll,sco ,™«l that there is a fn,w, a i day to li° raa(io out of sitting as an Sntah™ {' b ° df i alt Wltn ! u councll ' tfZ 2a il° m oto councll " aim 'nstrnc ' > a^V™J* L " no^? w « t" PW or take, and Smnln?»?° Nt Ca " h ° nmei »* by the ta&VTC 11 ! ™* A secon(l d»»/er , s abc!lt by a EOrt °f rivalry amonust commissioners as to wh lc h one is the most £«''» wtUuig trade disputes So do , totmmed have tho commissioners been at times , Cnro 1 "Menent, that they ha™ adv"ed ,' employers to guo way on principles which will ; seriously prefnd.ee otbci and, " iSst so l n^ UW ?,° ro '''spites than ever 'r OI just so long as tho workers of one district or trade haw -injthtiw that has not been Ranted SuSi' S -S. l ° nff *''! tl,ero be tr«blo and dis * ' l'™uW °£% hca ™ Wero «~