THE STRIKE WEAPON.
DECREASE OF ITS POWER. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, August 18. Mr. J. R. Clynes, in his presidential address, at Blackpool, at the- Industrial federation of General Workers, said that recent industrial events tended to restore Labor’s political weapon to its proper place. The belief that the strike weapon could accomplish anything had receded. They should not be deceived into using ruinous methods and physical force for obtaining a mockery of working class freedom.
The employers were showing no mercy, and had taken advantage of the workers’ helplssness, when the state of the labor market had come to the aid of those who wanted to force a reduction of wages. The conference passed a resolution protesting against the waste of money incurred by calling out the reserves and resorting to measures of force when strike action was threatened over purely wages questions.
Mr. Clynes said that the Government’s action gave any future Labor Government ample justification for applying measures of force, however ruthjess, without hesitation.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1921, Page 5
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167THE STRIKE WEAPON. Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1921, Page 5
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