LABOR'S THREAT.
TO STOP DEPORTATIONS, CPJPPIJNG OF INDUSTRY. fy Prtas jlsju.—Copyist. Received August 23, 1.15 a.m. Sydnoy, August 22. A Trade Union Congress has launched a proposal wliich will have the effect of maintaining a settled policy of sabotage in the event of further deportations. The organisation of the scheme is based on one big union and the constitution of unions grouped according to the various industries in which their members are engaged. The principal weapon will be a go-slow strike. Shop committees will be formed in every place of business where action is required, which will i)e by a vote of delegates, the various unions' reduction of output to 1 continue until the matter is decided by a I congress of delegates. It was decided that if warships were used fo% deportation all workers would refuse employment in any capacity on vessels, and would carry out the distribution of propaganda literature among the crews. The printing trade employee* will refuse to handle matter for the newspapers concerning the fight which is not regarded by tho unions as accurate. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1920, Page 5
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182LABOR'S THREAT. Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1920, Page 5
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