LABOR UNIONS CONFERENCE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 270, 15 April 1914, Page 5

LABOR UNIONS CONFERENCE

UXITY WANTED IN ELECTION" , V .10 AK. ! Uy Telegraph—Press Association. ! Wellington, Last Night. A conference of delegates from Arbitration unions, convened by the Auckland Secretaries Association, was commenced here to-day for the purpose .'f considering the Arbitration and Conciliation Acts generally, and particularly the Labor Disputes Act. .Some forty delegates were present. Mr. Arthur Kosser, Auckland, in opening the proceedings, declared that they hud got the idea of a conference from "the enemy." Some time ago the secretary of the Oliincnmri .Miners and Buttery Employees Cnion, which was not a real arbitration body, issued a. circular to all arbitration unions, asking them lo send delegates to a conference to be held either at Wellington or Auckland. The Auckland unions felt that they could not sit in conference with unions of the Ohinemuri stump without losing their self-respect, but resolved to profit by the idea, and iiie present conference was accordingly convened. The present was to be a memorable year in the history of labor. It was election year, and to promote their cause they wanted to secure unity in whatever .they did. Mr. Kosser was elected chairman, and M-r. 11. Martin secretary. Press representatives, with the exception of the Maoriland Worker's .reporter, were excluded.