STRIKERS AND THEIR RIGHTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1360, 10 February 1912, Page 3

STRIKERS AND THEIR RIGHTS.

bir,—lt came as a very great shock tome to learn that at the meeting of' the utize.ns league n gentleman such as Sir. -A. Leigh Hunt should propose that anv public servant taking part in any strike should be oopnvod of all claim to sneeranimation and cither privileges. Evidently air. Hunt is not aware of tho [net that superannuation is money which is actually deducted from the salaries of public ncrvanu, to be paid back to then; (n-ithoiit inlcrcsf) when thev retire. Under the circumstances, the deprivation of public servants of Iheiv own money would appear to be a more felonious act than participating in a strike in'which there might possibly" bn at least sonw shadow of principle involved. As to the other privileges referred io bv Sli\ Ihinf. perhaps he refers to the regulation under wluclr uo public sarvant is allowed to lake any active part in political affairs. -After my having made this oxphnntion, the proper coiir.se for 31 r. Hunt to Din-sup- at the next meeting of tho league is, 1 trust, obvious.—l am, elo.. m , .JUSTICE. LOur corrospondcut forgots that a public servant is under contract, and that the rights (hat accrue to him are morally always, and generally legally, dependent upon his observance of Hid term* and spirit of his contract.]