LABOUR WORLD.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1921, Page 1

LABOUR WORLD.

STIiIKK POLICY. DKHATK AT BRITISH I.AHU.'t CONCH ITS. At STRAI.IAN AMI N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. I.ONDON, Sept. 10. The Mritisli Trade Tnion Congress at Cardiff debated a resolution moved by a delegate for the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, “deploring the present conduct of industrial disputes.” and demanding “machinery l-.y which, hel'ore a stoppage of work lakes place, in any industry, the merits of tin. dispute should he put helore the whole of the Labour movement. Mr Arthur Hugh, in moving the resolution. asserted that not 1 per rent, of the strikes were .justified by their results. He claimed that the men’s loyalty to their unions was being exploited. An angry debate followed. The’ miners’ leaders referred to the manner in which the leaders of the Triple Alliance let the miners down during the recent strike. One chief objection to the resolution was it would make any rapid strike impossible. The resolution was defeated though it is pointed out as being significant that almost 1,000,000 votes were east in favour of this policy of settlements without strikes The actual voting wn> as follows: |.'nr OS I ,(lfrt) Against .. 0.028,000

Majority against •UH7.000 A CAPITALIST'S VTKWS. LONDON. .Sept, 10. Mr \V. L. Ilichens. chairman of the Cnmmcl-Luird Shipbuilding C'onipanv. spok" as president ol the Leone,mir Section of tla- British Association at its meeting. He discussed the principles of wage' determination, lie condemned compulsory arbitration, saying lie preferred mutual agreement as between the- employers and employed. He did not believe in profit sharing, either, ns a solution, of the problem of the fair distribution of Hie proceeds of industry. He did not support the scheme of single men’s wages, with rl- ], waller-- for wives and children. That rc-nn-dv was. lie considered worse than the- disease. It would have- to he administered by the Stale, and he renld Hi it imagine a inure detestable firm of Slate socialism.

LONDON’S I’NKM PI.OYF.D. LONDON. Sept. Id.

Amid protests from a -deput.-d ioli ol th,, unemployed, the Islington Hoard of Clinrilians is carrying out the British Health Ministry's ruling 'cabled on Sept. 71 1 1 1 . Th.- Cimrdians have ri-scimli-il their iim-mploy meiil telicf siaie of 70s weekly.