SOFT GOODS TRADE DISPUTE
ARBITRATION OOTJUT REFUSES AN
By TeleKraph.-Presfl Association.
Auckland, May 7,
The Arbitration Court declined . to make an award in the soft goods trade dispute, on the grounds that the applicant union cannot bo said lo be representative; that the great majority or the workers have declared themselves satisfied with the present state of affairs, and do not want an award; that the union has failed to show that wages and conditions are unsatisfactory; tlmt tho dispute, though technielly in order, was not a real or substantial one; and that the 'wa»es at present paid in Auckland arc in excess of those (jranled by the Court to similar workers elsewhere.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 196, 8 May 1918, Page 6
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113SOFT GOODS TRADE DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 196, 8 May 1918, Page 6
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