The Real Objection.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 82, 4 October 1912, Page 4

The Real Objection.

MAYOR PARR'S EXEMPTION.

POINTS FOR THINKERS

When the Auckland Gefieral Laborers joined the federation in Auckland, Mayor Parr and the sanded-sugar coun* eillofs refoMd to enter into an agree* meat with the Federation, stating as their reason that they preferred a legal agreement under the Arbitration Act. The other day a local union sought an award under the Arbitration Acit, and Maror P&rr and his friends Tread* and Milk on the Council prayed to be , exempted from the provisions of the award. Yβ Arbitrationistfß, can y# not see? The capitalist class are shrieking «t the Federation. They say they prefer Arbitration Courts. When cases come before the court they plead for exemption. Can't you see P The bosses want freedom of contract—freedom t6 buy and sell you. They fear the Federation with as much dread as they look forward to >h6ll. Why? Be<saujse the Federation of Labor stands for a united class-conscious organisation of the workers. Under arbitration the employers have got you divided and you are weaker. They do not ever want you united. What they want is to deal with you individually. Kill the Federation of Labor and you kill the advancement of Labor. The Federation is the advance guard of progress. The boss knows that it is not out for a big share of the profits of the treacle biz.—it is after the whole treacle pot—biz, and all—for the workers of New Zealand.

At a time when Leg-iron Massey and Co. are hurling their uniformed perjurers at honest workers the man who shrieks against the Federation of Labor jg a traitor and a scab on his class's best interests.—PßEFlX.