ACTION APPRECIATED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 303, 17 August 1932, Page 6

ACTION APPRECIATED

SHEEPOWNERS SATISFIED W"iTH ARBITRATION AMENDMENT Appreciation of the Government's action in putting through the amendments to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act was expressed in the annual report of the Canterbury Sheepowners' Union at the annual meeting. "The amendrnent marks the culmination of years of effort on the part of our federation, which has, since its formation, consistently opposed the fixation of costs of production without regard to the selling value of tho product," states the report.. "Your executive feels that the main obstacle to economic readjustment within the Dominion has been removed through the abolition of the compulsory principle contained in the old Act. "The parties in any industry will now be able to meet each other in Conciliation Couneil with an equal sense of responsibility, and the result of the amendrnent to the Act shouid be that where honest and straightforward discussions take place between employer and employee, that a basis of common agreenient for the carrying on of industry will be found which will allow of industry generally being maintained on sound lines, and a maximum arnount of employment given on a fair basis of payment. "Your executive wishes to place on record its deep appreciation of the assistance rendered to the industry with regard to the amendrnent passed last session, and also its grateful thanks, on behalf of high-country runholders, to the Government for its assistance in validating voluntary agreements made between the parties with regard to long term mustering engagements last season.