THEIR MANA ON THE WANE

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1595, 12 November 1912, Page 4

THEIR MANA ON THE WANE

'.■... r—^ — ■■■ ■ - KEfepOklC •'■:.'■ }".-,...""■'■ READERS-. ' " ..Officials of the!Auckl'iihd Brewery- Em--' that Jhe : s:(>sul£ of "thVi/ir'eperi't dectdedi...by -a : majority ;pf 3* votes',.lite, fficessioii- of.the: iinibn'!frb:in...the federation of wiis .largely influenced by the despotic ac- : tiohs of : the. feter.atitfn.lead.fers, :aiid tlie : ; irfodnie levies to Which the iii.enibers of the -union have been subjected (stftteis.-. the Auckland "Herald"). Tho AVaifti strike levy, Was tlie .first bdne'of contention, and aft'et paying £1 Is, towards that levy .the::.ine'mbcrs of'the Btsweif ■ Union deo'lihed to'contribute-further, and have not done;-''so. .. :T-tve. cost-to the: Union, of; : belonging to "tlie fedecatfon for twelve i months -h-fis ]«eii ,£C3 1(1*, which i? looke<l upon 'as ah extorti.oii.afe sum to nave j been"forced tolpay for little oj' no return. The' action 'of the . union' in sccodms . frcni the federation does .not necessitate registration under the Arbitration Act, J as tho. original registration under that •Act has hot been, cancelled, and the uflicin is working under an n«'.ard of the (Jpiirt whi'eji does not'exnire until next April , The ; 7)3'reirerv envployses having- followed: the example''of the- Triimwaj-s-.Bnion. in ; 1 .the revolt from the. federation, that body is in a pafloiis state, so far os'Aucklarid. is' boncerned. The only Wo unions in ' Auckland now (retaining niemb»rship Of tho- federation are those of the -water-' side workprs and general labourers. ;Al■ready m'ei.nl)cts of the latter have decided. [ to. re-register under tho; Arbitration A^fr ! and,'are shortly to discuss tho .question of final secession, It is .also well known f that a largo "section of Hie waterside [workers are impatient to.free themselves from tlie liPiids of the federation;