POSITION OF EX-STRIKERS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 6

POSITION OF EX-STRIKERS.

ON IYTTELTON WATERFROXT,

,(By Telegra.ph.--Fro4s Association.} christchuroh., January 2. ■The result of tho visit of Jlcssrs. M'Corobs a lid Voyeo (president -of tho old Watersides' Union) to Wellington ■is regarded with great- satisfaction in Labour circles. It is.considered certain that the right of <s\--strikcrs io cntr ji into tho new Arbitration Union,' without censorship by employers or Shallot by arbitration workers', will bo -6stab* lished. Mr. Voyco has applied for •registration of tho old union under tho Arbitration Act, on tho ground that as a tfado union it was entitled to such registration ÜBdor Clause 8 cf the' Act j also that bona_ lido workers liad .beeii refused admission to tho lieiv Arbitration. Union. "I have to inform you," writes- tho Registrar, _ "tliat thoqucs" timi whetlibr registration be. grafted to your union has' boon referred to tie Grown' Law Office, and I am advised that registration should be refused for tho reason that thiro is already a.-union registered under tho Act, to which your members might conveniently belong, namely, _ tho - Lytteltou Wharf Labourers' Union. I may say that..it was pointed out to tho Crown Law Office, that,. while about 100 members of your body had been, admitted by the L'yttelton Wharf Labourers' Union, admission had been'refused to over 300 other applicants belonging to your-, organisation. Tho Crow'ii .L.iW Officer advises that Rule 4 of the Rules of the- Lyttcltoiv Wharf 'Labourers' Union -rtititles any porfnn desiring to bo employed about tho wharves in Lyttolton, whether actually employed or not, to admission to membership. I havo telegraphed to tho, secretary of , that uflion,- intimating tho nature of thi# advice. Tho C-rown Law Officer considers the question; at issue in this matter a very important one. Ho points ottt that if I were. to register your union, there Would bo no appeal under the Act from ntv decision; whereas, if I refuse, it will be open to vour union to appeal to tho Arbitration Court. In this way tho decision .of tlio Court could bo obtained. The .Crown Law Officer also considers it clesirablo that the decision of the Court should bo obtained at an early date. I consider that* if application wero mode through the Clerk of Awards at Ghriskhiirth, tlio Judge of the • Arbibratiori - Court may seo his way to arrange an early eittin?."-