LABOUR COMBINED.
1 If it be true that the United.' Labour Party has combined with the Federation of Labour in the attempt to promote a settlement of the strike difficulty, there may bo some hope for the ultimate consolidation of the Labour party in. New Zealand, It is ; significant that the first indication of ; cohesion is in the direction of declaring a strike ''off-.*' 'Presumably the ;La,b<mr Federation ,is to reV cognise thd futility'..'of'".'strikes i -i means of settling labour difficulties, and is willing to discu&s the more rational method proposed.-'by;, the United Labour Party. If; the waterfiiders strike convinces LaFour .of the necessity for settling grievances by
.arbitration, it will serve a very useful purpose. Had the Unity Congress in July last been dominated by the more moderate Trade Unionists instead of by the revolutionary Federationists, the present strike- would probably not have eventuated, and the Labour Party would have occupied a stronger position in the country than it does to-day.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 November 1913, Page 4
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162LABOUR COMBINED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 November 1913, Page 4
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