N.S.W. Strike

Levin Daily Chronicle, 25 September 1917, Page 3

N.S.W. Strike

'J'J'jiWiS OF -SET i'LEivi bN' i. i'llhSS ASSOCIATION.J A Auckland, lllie Lay. I yj'.i bi'pUiti.lej' Stll a settlement of bile .Now Sott'ili Vai-e.s railway sUriko was reached. '1110 strike had lasted for thirty-eight days. It was settled on toi ins upholding'tho authority of the Government. Set oral other unions (! yielde'l later. I'.,gilt, meetings of crait union.'-;, m; i~'.ep!e,.iber 7th, agreed to i'vilow the i.ai'iice couinijtU'e'd reeoni- ._ i.a'iid.'iUon ami .v. ciirii U> work. v Till: 1-. ri'..-; of tlie woi '.lenient were: — i'"ii\s!-!y, tho --ani syM/.-ni, as existing on Angus! ist to be contiiiired and ,j at li lo end of three months a Royal Commis-atm to lie -appointed to in(piiri? and determine wHether its c pvratiuii i.s just -or otherwise, ami it, should continue, f.~ ■ • , .?!•<•!.:nily, i:i tile -oiierai/tou el lla- e..rd sy.itein every iiira-n snail, i \-ery day, have an oppoi luiiit-y of p iii-.jn cling and initialing his card relating to tho previous day's work. Thirdly, unions are to submit full Hn'.ai.!.; <: grievances t>o a Special •Ce.'iitiii.'Viii.ner lor arbitration. Fourthly, such of tho «griVvaiieo as rais-.-d isiiin.-s whieli fall wilhin the 1 :: is'lit-bi•>li of the Arbitration Court ;■ • iiuuiedifttcly -I'l'l'errei tiie;-.'t-. i. ..'iitly, u'.her giuovitnees avo to he rvperrod* ay t'ne i-'nniitiisshuier to 'Ciliiuet, -vhieh will ainend tlu* Arbi- • trntion Acts to givo the Court jurL; <li«il-ion iv,(-r ail industrial matters, but not matters of business nianacrcrs. Sixtiily, Th.o -I'aib.vay.s Commissioner is to liave discretion in ealling ' vacancies. Seventhly, work is t-o rowimo wifthcut r-c-'entinent and omplov-' ii'.ent i.s offered without vindictircncss. There were uiimistakeaible signs of relief 'among, the strike leaders and ' employer,; that th,e disastimis venture had ended. The result- was not what the unions hoped for, but distress and (Vsconteiit bad -tempered {stubbornness, and it was recognised that an I unbending policy was no longea- sustainable.