CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 18 September 1939, Page 3

CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT

VITAL BRITISH MEASURE EVIDENCE ■OF UNITY (EJuc. Td. Copyright—United Press Assn.') (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Sept. 1 <3. The Control of Employment Bill, the whole object of which is lo ensure file full employment of labour, especially highly-trained key men in the engineering industry in places where they are needed, and to ensure that if a man is displaced lie must be offered suitable alternative employment, passed its third reading without a division in the House of Commons.

As a result of discussions with organised labour the bill was virtually 'unopposed, it is warmly approved by the press. The Times describes the bill as a non-contentious measure by reason of the acceptance of stricter assurances to trade unions which will safeguard the rights of the individual workman and of organised labour. “The result is a further demonstration of the unity and resolve that animates the whole nation,” added The Times.

The Daily Herald, referring to the highly important amendments for incorporation in the bill by consent, as a result of which full consultation with organised Labour and the approval of Parliament arc necessary before any order can be made under the bill, says: “They show the success that can be achieved in the interests of common people by a strong and vigilant trade union movement during the exceptional conditions of war time.”

The Daily Telegraph points out that the bill is “the most revolutionary measure” yet passed without opposition. This* newspaper advances this as a further proof of how strongly the country is united against Hitlerism.