BRITISH RAILWAYS
RECOGNITION OF TRADE UNIONS. By Cables-Press Association—Copyright. London, September 18. Lord Claud Hamilton, chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Company, gave evidence before the Railway Commission that the majority of the Groat Eastern men desired to deal direct with the employers, as the recognition of trade unions .would lead to chaos. It would be disastrous commercially, and enable the organised few to tyrannise over the unorganised majority. UNIONS AND ARBITRATION. LORD HAMILTON'S CAUSTIC REMARKS. Received 19, LI p.m. London, September 19. Lord Claude Hamilton continued that the failure of conciliation was due to the determination of the Railwaymen's Society to make it a failure. In any arbitration system there should be a High Court Judge. A pcißon of lower standing would not be acceptable to the railway companies. He advocated a heavy fine or imprisonment for award breakers. Any scheme the commission might devise would not satisfy the unions. They were not created for the purpose of being satisfied, and he saw no reason for satisfying disturbers" of public order.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 76, 20 September 1911, Page 5
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172BRITISH RAILWAYS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 76, 20 September 1911, Page 5
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