SHEARERS' SECTION

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 39, 1 December 1911, Page 6

SHEARERS' SECTION

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By WS. LA-RACY. At present I am in .Blenheim, but as the sheds now shearing are manned by members of the Union, tlie field for organising work is limited, and I think the time "is close at hand when organising can be dispensed, with. ' All who come into onr ranks should become live members and see that their fellow-workers are also live members of the Association. a** - , Very few men at the present time are mean and spineless enough to grab the benefits secured through the Union without paying . their share .towards the expense of -forcing g better conditions from the Avool kings.

One thing in Marlborough sheds must be looked into. I refer,to the s'aot that the rate for fleece-picking is 255. per week and in other districts where the award is in force the rate is 27s 6d. _. * * Are the employers in Marlborough going to give that extra 2s 6d or must they be brought under the award .of the Court? ** * ; Scargill, Hinds, West Melton, Te. Paura, Pigeon Bay, Glemmark, Lindon, Fairfield, Ealing, Achray, Balmoral, and a number of other machine sheds are giving tlie £1 per hundred. Shed reps, are once more requested to report to the secretary of Union in their district as soon, as possible after starting, and to see that ballot papers, are supplied to all members. * * - R. Mitche—i, rep. Montrose, Canter-' bury, reports that there are a good lot ; of lads there, and. all who have not - renewed will dp so before leaving. .\

We crave freedom, but freedom is - never an end in itself; it is a means, to be used for further aims. Its value, lies in the extent to which it can assist iv the development of life. «