THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Tin; K nurs Or Tin-; Strike \A eavon
A .-.trike is a perfectly rea-wiuab’e means of bringing pressure upon au employer, a weapon that, can never be taken away, as mi cue need work, for another unless be chooses to do so; if lb.- workman breaks no emitracl in leaving, damages in a civil court cannot be obtained against him. If however. be decides to strike, although be lias no personal grievance with bis employer, but oillv lo assist others who arc in eoiilliet. if the movement i> intended to embrace every worker and thus bring a pressure upon flic community as it whole, then bis action should be and will be illegal. No Stale could pcrmii a few men to call out every union worker ami threaten uni only the social well-being ol each member of the community, but also the life of thousands because tbe builders’ assistants, for instance wan+ another shilling per day. which the employers refused to concede. Mercantile Gazette.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1927, Page 2
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168THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1927, Page 2
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