A. & P. WORKERS' UNION

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 211, 25 May 1918, Page 10

A. & P. WORKERS' UNION

'■:. SUSPENSION OF AWARDS. ! The A. and P. Workers' Union confer- : enco concluded its business on Thursday. j;. .Air. S. Borehani moved: "That the leguliilioii suspending Arbitration Court, ;' awards for returned eoldiers- be repealed, 1 a«d that the secretary be instructed to !'■ write to the Returned Soldiers' Associa- : tion in order to secure joint -action to ; oifect this object." lie gave an instance ! .where a wounded soldier on a pension of ! ■ 225. 6d. a week, who was quite able i' to drive a baker's curt, was asked whe-' !' ther <ho would accept the award rate, . ! less the amount of his pension. Fortun- j ; ately for this man, the Hon.. J. T.'Paul I ;, and hiiuseif were able to give his case j j . • sufficient publicity to secure that, the [' , man was paid £3 per week. The reply !'■ to Mr. Massey, who said that these ; . regulations were in the interests of the ; : eoldier, was that they were not. Mr. J. ! ! Jlee seconded this, 1 and both ho , ajid Mr. j Jliddlemiss strongly upheld Mr. ! Bore- ! ham's views. [\ The motion was carried. y The matter of becoming a branch of !£. the A.W.TJ. wa.s left in tho hands of f< the general secretary to deal with. t-* " Mr. S, Boreliam, moved, and Mr. A. £:.,.M'Leod seconded: "That this conference i>'. urges that political as well as industrial [action.be adopted for the, purpose of i, more efficiently fightin? .for ,tho objects % 'organised Labour has in view, and that n vote of the members be tnken on tho ("■, Question. This was carried*unanimously.