TRADES AND LABOUR.
.». AN IMPORTANT DECISION. NEW YORK, February 4. The United States Supreme Court has unanimously decided that an employer has a right to recover damages from labour unions amounting to thrice the less sustained by the blacklisting and boycotting of the manufacturer's goods. EMPLOYERS OBJECT TO MR COLLINS. PALMERSJTON N., February 5. The Conciliation Board sat here to-day re the dispute of the butterworkers and employers. The employers refused to give evidence on account of«Mr Andrew Collins sitting on the board, and accused him of acting in the dual capacity of agitator and judge. The Chairman regretted that the masters • should take that stand, and informed them that according- to section 60 of the act they could be compelled to appear, and if the meeting adjourned this would be done. The employers then withdrew, and the sittinp- of the board was adiourned to Wellington, at a date to be fixed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 26
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152TRADES AND LABOUR. Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 26
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