NO FURTHER PARLEY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1890, 27 October 1913, Page 4

NO FURTHER PARLEY.

EMPLOYERS CUT THE KNOT,

NEW*ONION MUST FORM

On hearing that tho strikers, at,their mass meeting had turned their proposal down, the employers and-representa-tives of the Harbour Board conferred, the result of thoir deliberations being embodied in tho following' • decision, which wa.B handed to tho Pre,> 33 for publication :— "Tho employers have decidcd that iri view of the repeated breaches of < agreement • made by tho waterside workers,' they cannot seetheir way , to resume work under the late agreement, but they:are agreeable : if the men resume'work, and form a ; fresh organisation, to enter into an agreement for a. term on the basis of the Wages now being paid, without any material alterations of the agreement under which the men have been working; the agreement to be registered under the industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, in order to ensure a doftnito guarantee that the terms' of. the agreement will be carried out faithfully." , Tho agreement between the Wellington Waterside AVorkers' Union and the Shipowners' Federation having coased to exist, tho employers, it is understood, will 110 longer '_ recognise the Waterside Workers' /Union ns an organisation. ; , • BACKED BY THE MERCHANTS. EMPLOYER'S STAND 'AGAINST THE STRIKERS. . At a largelyvattendecl meeting of the council of tho AVcllington Chamber of Commerce, held on 'Saturday .morning, tho following resolutions were' unanimously passed with rCferenco to tlio .watorsido workers:—

. 1. "That the Wellington Chamber of Commerce regrets the, circum-

stances that havo arisen in connection with tho.cessation.of work at tlio Wellington Wharves, and expresses tlio hope that tlio employers interested will adhere to their, original resolution that they will not further recognise .the agreement made with the-Federation of Labour in January, 1912. This Chamber also further urges that any .new agreement should bo. made: - under tho Arbitration Act."'

2. "That in view of the fact that tho shipping companies have taken a decided stand, this Chamber, representing the commercial interests, of tho city," strongly supports the' above companies in- their attitude, and particularly desires that at tho present juncture no weakness should be shown on tlio part of the companies ; on their part tho commercial men aro prepared to sudor any and all tho resulting inconveniences."

3. "That the Government lie' ashed to provide for tho adequate protection of those engaged in carrying out their duties ou the wharves or olsowhoro."-

A STATEMENT DENIED. When the ofTicial report of Saturday's mass meeting of tho men ivas shown to Mr. I{. Flotchcr, chairman of tho Harbour Hoard, ho expressed surpriso at Mr. Young's statement. Asked if ho would make a statement in regard to Mr. Young's remarks, Mr. Fletcher eaid that what had happened at the meetings of employers was in strict conlidence. "But," ho said, "Mr. Young knows that his statement that it seemed to him that Mr. Fletcher was tho man who was standing out against ft settlement is quite incorrect. I givo tho statement an absoluto denial."