AUCKLAND LABORERS

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

AUCKLAND LABORERS

AUCKLAND, Dec. 20. Tlic situation in regard to threaten cd industrial trouble following the ao tion of flic Auckland General Laborers' Union in serving demands upon several sections of the trade and suburban bodies for higher pay and shorter hours is unchanged. Mr. Parry, vjce-prcsidlent of the Fodwation of Labor, arrived from Wellington today. In an interview, Mr. Parry said lie" heartily endorsed the remarks of Mr. Fraser . '"It is quite evident," he proceeded, "that the employers arc not beinj guided by the modern schoolmaster — time and' experience. In my opinion it is futile for the employers to try and resuscitate the Arbitration Act, which has been recognised for some time as an institution which has outlived its usefulness and as having belonged to a dead age. I consider that their resolutions are a deliberate- attempt to crush the union and the right of tho workers to combine —our most vital principle. I am surprised at such a stand being taken, and fear tLat it might mean a stoppage of the great industrial clock. It is to be hopt<& that wisdom will prevail with theii\ and if so that they will meet them round the common table. ■ Then, afta discussing working c-rJitions from A to Z, '{hey might arrive.at a satisfactory agrement."