“ONE BIG UNION” DEFEATED.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 September 1919, Page 5

“ONE BIG UNION” DEFEATED.

SOME IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS

Received 9 am. L"ODON, Sept. 13_ The Trade Union Congress resolve‘ in favour of direct taxation of land values in the next Budget, and also advocating nationalisation of banking. It was resolved to make a Eletermined effort to force all non-unionists to join unions, and also to instruct the Parliamentary Committee to approach Labour executives with a View of establishing a real Industrial Parliament of Labour, whereby trade unions might adopt a common policy on all questionsof national and international importance.

A resolution favouring the amalgamation of all trades into one big union was defeated. _ Congi-ess also resolved in favour of a levy on wealth and capital to pay the war debt, and unanimously reaffirmed the resolution that self-determ-ination not military rule was the real means by which the destiny of Ireland might be iworked out. DEFEAT OF MINERS’ MOVEMENT. —————¢_.——- SMILLIE CHAGRINED. Received 8.5 a.m. ‘LONDON, Sept. 13_ It is pointed out that eleven of the sixteen members of the new Parliament Committee Trade Union Congress resolutely opposed direct action on the old eommittee. The Daily Chronicle correspondent states Smillie and other miners have been pulling the strings for a week, and are chagrined at the failure or their -nomlineels—Messrs= Onions iand Fred Hall, a Cornmoner. The latter became -u candidate instead of Greenall, who retired‘. The reselltlnenti"againstL the miners afi’-ected other elections,’ miners’ candidates and ‘Anlerican' Canadian delegatioii 4 sufi'e‘ring‘ _