LABOUR DISPUTES
POLICY OF SETTLEMENT WITHOUT STRIKES i ' SIGNIFICANT VOTE AT TRADES CONGRESS ' By Telegraph—Frees Association —Copyright (Rec. September 10, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 9. The? Trade Union Congress debated a resolution of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation deploring the present conduct of industrial disputes and demanding machinery by means of which, before a stoppage of work occurred in any industry th* merits of the dispute should oh put before the whole movement. Though the resolution was defeated by 5,628,000 votes to 981,000, it is significant that almost a million votes were in favour of tho policy of settlements without strikes. Mr. Arthur Pugh, in moving the resolution, said that in not one per cent, of cases were strikes justified by the results. The men's loyalty to, their unions was being exploited. An angry debate followed, the miners' leaders referring to the manner in which the Triple Alliance had let them down in the recent strike. The chief objection to the resolution /was that it made a rapid strike impossible.—Aus.-N.JS. Cable Assn. . s —
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 299, 12 September 1921, Page 5
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174LABOUR DISPUTES Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 299, 12 September 1921, Page 5
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