THE ARBITRATION UNION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1912, 21 November 1913, Page 8

THE ARBITRATION UNION.

OVER' 1000 STRONG. ERSTWHILE STRIKERS RESUME. . The new Arbitration Uii.ioii of Watersiders continues to grow in strength daily, and yesterday tlie total Membership; passed ttio 1000 mad', ' The recruits included a fair proportion of erstwhile strikers- ■So busy is the port at the present tims that work was found for everyone of the men, - and '.emptov■mojit could'have been found, for 50 more IM men offering, both, from town and country, are of a fine stnifip, and their worfc is giving evefy satisfaction to' tliei'i'oßiployors. ' The attitude of the strikers who ]mv*e ■gam bank to. work is well .expressed in tlie words of one of them who sought the aid of a friendly, pressiiial vesterdav morning to. Hitrodnce-Mm to tho official i of tho tfiiioii. "This striking business.,"' he said, '"might he all right for soiiie pooplo,. but. if doesn't suit me, and H doesn't suLt liiost of the workers.' It's all right sticking to your mates and»ll that kind of thing, but when that mean? giving up your independence as a mail., it's no good to inc. I've spent ; every drilling J'vo got. While I'm able : to work, I'm not going to be' dependent on those fellows for in.y meals, there is good ■ money to bo earned : on tho ; wharves'these days,-' arid I'm. hot going : to starve at Christmas .simply.besaJiSQ: the Federation says I "ought to. Tho. Arbitration husinesS doesiv't -worry rno one way or th'fi other, ''so- why shoultl I starve for other fellows' fads?",- Ho joined,- and in the aft<jrnoon> was wheel- . ing a truck alongside ope si tho big Homo boats. ;