BIG STRIKE THREAT.
THOUGHT TO BE “HOT AIR.” NO SU3BPORT BY UNIONS. By Telegraph.-—Press Assn.—CopyrightSydney, Feb. 25. Union officials, who have been consulted on the general strike*suggestion, describe it as madness and say that it would inevitably prove a failure. State Ministers are not perturbed, believing the proposal to be “hot air” on behalf of the extremists who are effectively separated from most positions of authority in the Labor movement. The Labor Council adopted the report of the Melbourne conference and decided to form twelve industrial groups along the lines suggested. Melbourne, Feb. 25. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Railway Union, the general secretary declared that when the union reached its maximum strength, unless it got what it wanted, it would use such strength as it though fit. When combined with the one big union they would be able to dictate terms. If the governing classes tried to put them further into ’ slavery, they would press for an industrial republic. He alleged that a well-known American strike-breaker was working for the employers. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. *
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1921, Page 5
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177BIG STRIKE THREAT. Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1921, Page 5
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