FARMERS AND LABOUR.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3499, 29 May 1920, Page 6

FARMERS AND LABOUR.

The desirability of establishing a working agreement between the Farmers’ Union and the industrial unions was emphasised by several speakers at the Provincial Conference of the Farmers’ Union on Wednesday evening at Auckland. The subJ'oC's' “'35 introduced in the form of a remit .from the Motomaoho branch, that a 3eommitt.ee of three members of the union be appointed to inquire into "the aims and aspirations of the in-‘ dustrial unions, with a View to bring-I} ling about a working agreement. be.tween the producers from the land 'and the industrial producers. The] [remit also urged that a. full report of lthe eonlnlitteo’s findings be forward—[ed to the executive and to all ;branehes of the union. In the event! ;of any industrial dispute arising, the Eeommittee should investigate the leause of the trouble prior to any action being taken in respect to it by flu‘ union. Speakers in support of the pro}x()S:1l agreed that the interests ofbo'tll t'a.rmers an in.dustrialists would be ].)l'omOTC¢l_ by the free interc.hang‘e of ideas that would result from the meetings between the suggested oommittec and representatives of the workers. I The remit was adopted. f