FEDERATION OF LABOR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 123, 11 October 1912, Page 8

FEDERATION OF LABOR.

A MIX-UP IN DUXEDIN.

By Cable-i-Press Asßociation~CoT>vrisßit. Dunedin, Last Night. A meeting of the Waterside Workers' Union was held to-night to decide the question of seceding from the Federation of Labor. A vote was taken some little time ago, and out of 24G voters there was a majority of 19 in favor of secession. A motion came before the meeting tonight to take a fresh ballot, and an amendment was proposed that the previous ballot should stand. The amendment was carried by 48 votes to 43, but on becoming a substantiative motion it was lost by 50 to 46. It was then decided to take a division, when it was decided, by 80 votes to 28, to remain affiliated with the Federation. The chairman said that the divisions had proved unsatisfactory, and it was eventually decided to take a secret ballot at the union office on Monday T.he question of a strike of 24 hours as a protest against the imprisonment of the Wailri miners was also discussed. The secretary said that he had the authority of Mr. Holdsworth (general manager of the Union Company) for saying that if the men struck they would break their agreement and would have to go back on the company's terms. It was decided, by 61 votes to 7, not to strike. The announcement was received with loud hurrahs.