The Labor Dilemma

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 20 February 1914, Page 5

The Labor Dilemma

THE TRADES DISPUTES ACT. BRITISH EMPLOYERS ALARMED. UXION'S AS PRIVILEGED BODIES. , By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Keceivwl 11), 11.35 p.m. London, "February 1!). ■Sir Richard Temple acted as president of a meeting of employers representing all the great industries. Reso-Intion-i Here passed requesting the Government to view tlie growing menace to personal freedom and industrial peace, ;(nd to hold an inquiry into the effects of the Trade Disputes Act. The chairman said that events in Dublin and in South Africa had demonstrated the great evils due to treating Labor Unions as bodies especially privileged to do wrong. BRITISH IIL'ILDIXCi DISPUTE. Received 10, 11.50 p.m. London, February 1!). Tlie Building Trades Federation has lias waived its demand that negotiations must lie conducted through the Federation,. ami has accepted the masters' oiler to confer with the representatives of industrial unions. LAWYERS ON STRIKE. Rome, February 18. (hying to discontent with proposed legal reforms, the lawyers at Turin, Florence and Naples refuse to attend the Tribunal. The strike is spreading. • THE COST OF STRIKES . Melbourne, February 19. The Commonwealth Statistician estimates that £288,000 was lost in wages in the Commonwealth last year through strikes, representing a total loss in production of £1,250,000. IRONWORKERS' STRIKE. Received 19, 8.45 p.m. Sydney, February 19. A mass meeting of Ironworkers carried a motion to stand firm and await the Hoard's decision. The men are. prepared to accept any reasonable offer, but will not resume until the matter of wages is definitely settled. WHARF LABORERS RESUME. Fremantle, February 19. It is officially stated that the wharf, laborers will resume working overtime from to-day.