AUSTRALIAN LABOUR UNREST

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 247, 12 July 1919, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN LABOUR UNREST

4 ■ STRIKE POLICY TO BE DECIDED DANGER OF A WIDE UPHEAVAL By ToleEraph-PreM Association-OoprrlgM Melbourns, July 11. The following resolution was passed by the Council of tho Trades HaJl:-"The council is of opinion, after seeing the attiludo of employers at tho conference, that a sectional strike will bo disastrous . fnr tho seamen, and tho only possible way of winning is to make a Federal fight. The coal-miners, engtue-drivers, firemen, transport workers, and 6eamen will .be.as.kcd to.make common cause, and emissaries will be. sent to other States with <i. view to summoning a conference to decide upon a policy."—Press Assn. SETTLEMeFof" DISPUTES ARBITRATION 'SYSTEM : REPUDI. . A TED. ■ " Melbourne, July 11. The Trades Hall Council passed a resow lutiou "That the tijne. has arrived when organised labour in Victoria, should repudiate the system of settling disputes ny arbitration, and institute a more scientific method of gaining its ends." The unions are to bo requested to ballot on the 'question.--'Press Assn. • THE STRIKE. LEAVE TO PROSECUTE UNION GRANTED. Melbourne, July 11. The Acting-Prime Minister has been granted leave by the Arbitration Court to prosecute the Seamen's Union and its secretary in connection with tho strike. —Press Assn. 'MASS DEMONSTRATION OF WORKERS GKAVE.WARNING TO THE ■ GOVERNMENT. / (Rec. July 11, 0.35 p.m.) Sydnay, July 11. The 'Labour Council has agreed to sup* port the seamen financially. It js arranging, a mass demonstration of all workers. Tho secretary of the Labour Council expresses tho opinion that this means a wide upheaval. The proposal to arrest tho leaders of the seamen's strike would only embitter the men. Evidence pointed to a wave of unrest that was going to surge throughout the Commonwealth. Hs warned the Government that the fight would not bo a peaceful one. He feared! that what had happened in other couiwj tries would-happen here. On the other>' hand, a big section of unionists would o{h pose a general strike. The majority of the unions were 6hort of funds, and an upheaval would be disastrous.—Press Assn. POWER "RESTRICTIONS FACTORIES CEASING OPERATIONS. • Melbourne, July 11. i To-morrow all factories which dd not provide their own power vill cease operations as the result of the restrictions.— Press Assn.'