AFTER THE STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 163, 9 January 1914, Page 5

AFTER THE STRIKE.

THK <HKKI' FROII Till-: (MIAT.-?. A DIFFICULT 1>I!0I)!.BI. ]'„ v 'J'eU'«r;>J»!). — 1 *r<>s3 Association. Wc.Ui'.mlou, Yesterday. Mr. 1 *;iilaiiI-, kicra_v 'if tin? oil Drivers' Union. InM a l.'ost reporter today that tomphi ints had lieeu lnnde which indicate tlmt sonic eumlovrs since Uh' form :tion irf the new union luul not lie-n careful to oK-prvr the award. lie kid written to the Labor Department, and prohalilv cha of bleaches of mvar.l will coini' licfiuv t!i.' court shnrtlv. Members nro not silisfi. il W illi Die i:o iditions under the new union. .Milnv ivli•> are still lii'-inbors of tin- old union n.nl others have made a|i|ilieatioii [or iifmii>,sion to jo'n. It has been sirj""»il tlmt a conference of (he laronu branches of the (U'iioval f.abon'iV Union shall take place at Xajiiev at Uasier. . Chvistchnrch. Yesterday. At T.ytteltoi! this niorniui;' a fireman oil' the West rali i was fined £."> for a--saultinjj arbitvaiionists and £3 for using abusive on tile same occasion. The Wati vsid.i'is' Union now contains 05!) members. There are 3!Ki wovkiiitr to day. ?ra''tk'a!ly (ill the strikers remaining in t!i" port ]low iiu-luded. (SliristrJimvli. Ycstcrdnv. The lal"-t ib vvlopmoiit in connection •with tlio "Lytic'ton watorsidors is the aiinouiici'inent of Che registration of the industrial .tgrr.cmi-nt between the employers and tin- arbitraHoni'ts. The aareement provides for the old conditions, with the. following addition to the iimicl jir.'forfac c'uiisp:—This clause shall o]e;-iite on'.' so ltm<» as; the union shall not he a»«-«-iiil"il in nnv wav with any other industrial or trade union or 1 association oi .feut-li union*• oi' otlwr workers The a'TCPinent remain.* in force till .l:if,« :;<i, IMS. AH tin- sliinjtiiiK ooinpiinifs being parties to (tie clause make? it otiligatorv on the union to have no zekiions with the Federation of Lal>cr, the Trades..Council, ov