ARBITRATION COURTS AND LABOR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8089, 20 April 1906, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURTS AND LABOR.

DISCUSSED AT TRADES CONFERENCE. PEE TBE3S ASSOCIATION. CniiißTOHDßca, April 19. Tho Trades Conference, after discussion, rejected Mr Barr's motion, " That the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900, be amended in tho following direction: —Whon.the parties to a dispute agree to accept the recommendation of tho Board of Conciliation, such recommendation shall have the power of an award of the Arbitration Court, and shall cover the whole of tho industrial district in which the dispute was filed, subject to thd provisions of Section 59 of the principal Act, suoh provisions to apply to all persons in a particular industry." Mr Breen's motion: " That the Conciliation and Arbitration Act be amended to provide two Arbitration Courts, orio for the North Island and one for the South Island," was lost, and Mr Brcen moved " That Section 54 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act be amended, adding after ' prescribed fee,' "thirty days after the filing of the Board's recommendation, it shall come into force and shall operate and bo enforcable in the same manner and the same respect as an award of the Court, until such time as the Court shall have made an award in the case, provided either party appeals against tho Board's recommendation." The object of the motion was to compel that the recommendations of Boards remain in operation until the Court has had an opportunity of renewing it. Discussion is proceeding.

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION LOST. Chhistcuuhch, April 10. At the Labour Conference to-day, a long discussion took place relating to the personnel of tho Arbitration Court. D. McLaren (Wellington) moved" that the conference lias no confidence in the Arbitration Court as at present constituted." Tie claimed that the Court was giving decisions against the weight of evidence, on abstract grounds. The motion was seconded by W. H. Hampton (Wellington). After considerable discussion the motion was lost by five to eleven. During the discussion on the proposed amendments to the Arbitration Act, a motion was adopted that the provisions of the Act should be extended to all State employees.