UNREST OF LABOUR.
POSITION IN AUCKLAND
JllY TKI.r.CH.U'M. -I'RKSS ASSOCIATION'.! Auckland, This Day.
Mr Parr, Mayor, speaking at a meeting of friends in connection with his candidature for the Mayoralty, said local bodies could abandon the Arbitration Act and make arrangements outside the Act. The agreement with the Federation was unguaranteed as to permanence, and could tie broken a day after it was made. Lee; 1 .! bodies were opposed to strikes or (o their men boinj-T called out. because of some outside dispute wiih which they had no concern. 'The best saleguard against this was the Arbitration Act.
A ballot taken by the Auckland Waterside Workers on the question of joining the Federation of Labour resulted: —For, 273; against, I'.'T. The ballot regarding the canee'dim: of the union's registration under the Arbitration Act in order to aililiate with the Federation resulted in a majority of 33S in favour of federation.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/KCC19120316.2.21
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 448, 16 March 1912, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
150UNREST OF LABOUR. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 448, 16 March 1912, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Waitomo Investments is the copyright owner for the King Country Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Waitomo Investments. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in