A GREAT RALLY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1937, 20 December 1913, Page 5

A GREAT RALLY.

9 UNDER ARBITRATION BANNER. Now that the strike is practically "off," it is interesting to review tho march of events industrially since tho watersiders stopped work and got "solid." In connection with the strike, which commenced on October '2'2, it was obvious almost from the outset that the employers were not in a mood to bo trilled with. On October '25 they decided tliat no watersiders would be taken back unless thoy camo in under tho Arbitra-i tion. Act-." This decision, smiled' at for! a time by the striker, was stuck to, and' as tho new Wharf Labourers' Union grew and grew, the smile became fainter and fainter until it morged into a look of chagrin. Tho Wellington Wharf Labourers' Union vas only the start.

Since October '22 fifteen unions have been registered in Now Zealand under tho Industrial Conciliation anid Arbitration Act. They are as folio v.- :■ — Wellington.—Wellington Wharf Labourers' Union, Wellington Carters' and Motor Vehicles Drivers' Union. Auckland. — Auckland Waterside Workers' Union, Hotel Assistants' Union, Auckland Seamen and Firemen's Union, Onehunga Watersido Workers, Union, Auckland Union, Taupiri Coal Mine Workers' Union. Taranaki.—New Plymouth Watersido Workers' Union. Nelson. —Nelson. Port Wharf Labourers' Union. Wostland. —Greymouth Port' Waterside Workers' Union. Canterbury.—Christchureh Horse and Commercial Motor'Drivers'''Union, Lyttelton Wharf Labourers' Union. Otago.—Oam.iru Wharf Labourers' Union, Duncdin Waterside Workers' Union. , During tho past few days tho Wellington Ship Talloy Clerks' Union has been duly registered. This is the first union of "tho kind in Wellington, but is said not to have been .created by the strike. The secretary pro tem. is Mr. Sinclair, who has been associated with the Wellington Storcmen'3 Union in a like capacity. ■