PERTINENT QUERIES.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 43, 5 January 1912, Page 9

PERTINENT QUERIES.

In sending a report (already,printed) of the half-yearly meeting of the Canterbury Laborers' Union, Mr. A. Paterson, general secretary, mentioned that during the discussion a number of questions were asked and answered as to the rate of contributions. payable under tho Federation rules and other important points. One speaker pointed out that members should not give- tco much consideration to the question a,s to how much it would cost the union if affiliated to the Federation, but rather, the members should ask themselves the question: Is it in the bost interests of the Union that affiliatior should take place? Can the Fcdera tion assist us to get an increase ol wages and bettetf conditions? Are the methods we have used in the past the best available for settling industrial disputes? He urged the members to approach the question from that, point of view, and not from a financial aspect.