SUSPENSION OF AWARDS
(To the Editor.) Sir, —You report that a deputation of Wellington trade union secretaries waited on the Prime Minister under the assumption that industrial awards were to be suspended. Why did these paid officers give a lead to the Government over this question? Was there one union meeting hold instructing them to place such views before the Prime Minister? Were they not officials airing their own views without consultation with the working unionist? One can presume that the Government will not be klow to take the tip from these
watchdogs of labour. But why all this alarm? Is it a case of self-preservation? A suspension 01 awards means reduced union (ccs, and reduced union fees menu leiluutioi! of salaries for. the secretaries.' J, as a unionist, know that certain clauses in awards are harassing to employers—for instance, the rates for Saturday afternoon working on the wharves (4s Cd an hour), also the limitation of apprentices, yet tlie trade union secretaries protest against something that at present is not real. —I am, etc., W. SUTHERLAND.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 84, 6 October 1931, Page 6
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