WORKERS' UNION.
tsy Telegraph—Press Association.
WELLINGTON. November 2.
T«»e iNew Zealand Workers' Unions commenced their conference to-day. Mr J. Alsweiler (Southland) was elected president, and 'Mr Tuffet (Otago) secretary. The biggest question of the moment, said the presid • ent in his opening address, was undoubtedly the matter of conserving and preaervinn the timber resources of Nfew Zealand. He emphasised the importance of urging Government to do something in this direction. The conference affirmed the principle of the federation of timber workers, I and agreed to recommend sawmill j unions to federate in one body.
Delegates representing the workers in the furniture trades of New Zealand met in conference to-day. Mr G. Sullivan (Christchurch) was elected chairman. It was decided to form a federation of furinture trades, the name of the federation to be the N.Z. Furniture Trades Association of Workers. The objects of the federation are to effect unity in the different lurniture trades, and to further the interests of workers engaged in the trade.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9639, 3 November 1909, Page 5
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165WORKERS' UNION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9639, 3 November 1909, Page 5
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