INDUSTRIAL UNREST

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 147, 17 March 1920, Page 7

INDUSTRIAL UNREST

CRYING NEED FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION,. j METHODS OF DEALING WITH LABOUR DISPUTES (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright ; Sydney, March 16. j At the Conference of the Associated | Chambers of Commerce the president said there was a crying need for increased production, but there was a ! growing inclination on the part of tho ■ worker to produce less and'work shorter ■hours. There were unrest, 'distrust, and i discontent everywhere; and every legislative device to check tho evil was doom- ; ed to failure. There seemed to he a I deliberate plan on the part of a com- j paratively few extremists" to"wreck the present social and industrial,system by ■ ! revolutionary methods. Towards the** J there should bo no compromise; but tc- • wards legitimate demands' they should ; manliest patience, sympathy, and jus- ' tice. \ Mr. H. Y. Braddon moved that in .; view of the failure of compulsory arbi- 1 tration, the conference should : evolve j some other method to' abolish industrial ; unrest. He suggested the creation of vn .! impartial tribunal' of tho simplest type ••! annually to fix a basic wage for tho Com- .'j mouwealth, the abolition of the existing j arbitration machinery, and the creation of employers and employees' committeea I on the lines of the Whitley scheme.— j Press Assn. i REFUSING SATURDAY WORK . j BRICKLAYERS' UNION TO BE i PROSECUTED. ; Sydney, March 10. ! The Master Builders' Association lias j decided to Droseeute tho Bricklayers' | '. Union for refusing to work on Satur- 'j ' days.—Press Assn. •; CARPENTERS DECIDE NOT TO i j WORK. ; , Sydney, March 10. -I The Carpenters' and Joiners' Society j has decided not to work on Saturdays.' j This means a practical cessation of build' j ing work on Saturdays—Press Assn. I