MINERS AND TRANSPORT WORKERS.
New Zealand Labour circles have not been greatly excited over the decision of the miners to link up with the Transport Workers' Federation. Nevertheless, the move is an important one, and its foil significance cannot yet be discerned. The Transport Workers' Federation is already regarded as' tho strongest industrial organisation in the Dominion, and if the latest amalgamation is confirmed tho t&tal membership, it is -estimated, will approach 50,000. The Transport Workers' Federation is ostensibly for tho prevention of strikes, particularly if they -aro of a petty nature. That being so it would seem that tho Advisory Board is likely to have a busy time ahead as far as the miners are concerned. While it is recognised that the Federation is in a position to exert a very good influenoe, it is also felt that its great power may: make it a dangerous factor. Tho full strength. of the Federation will not bo known until it is called upon to engage in a definite struggle
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1919, Page 11
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