TRADE UNION FUNDS.
} SUFFER-THROUGH STRIKES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, ' " Received 22, 5.5 p.m. j . , . .- London, June 21. The Trade Unions' Federation's report shows .that benefit payments.for the year amounted; to 1 £9 : 1',106, and contributions to; £7B,7fii>r; , Benefits for the quinquennium absorbed £365,619, as against contributions £220,233, the chief cause bethe -increased tendency towards strikes and' lock-outs. Ten per cent, of the -members, received benefits costing annually 27?' 7d per capita. The'membership had decreased 1% per ceijt. , . . .•■•,,. The Amalgamated Railway Servants' Society fy>d,invested £48,000 of their fighting fund in railway stock, which at|the eji.d-.Df.the.vear had depreciated to! £42,000, chiefly" with the two companies, with, which,-.the unions had the most trouble.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 19, 23 June 1913, Page 5
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109TRADE UNION FUNDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 19, 23 June 1913, Page 5
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