UNION FEES REFUNDED
PRINTING APPRENTICES RULING OF DEPARTMENT (By Telegraph.—Pre** Aftoelttloa) CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday Consequent on a ruling of the head office of the Labour Department, Christchurch, the Printing and Related Trades Union has refunded all duee paid by apprentices during the past 2$ years. The ruling of the Department waa that apprentices cannot be forced to join unions, and in line with this decision the Printing Trades Union i* the first to abolish the collecting ©f dues from apprentices which, as is the case with other union*, amounted to half the full dues. A man closely in touch with the Printing Trades Union said that in accordance with the Department’s ruling there was nothing to prevent apprentices joining the union if they so wished, but again there was no legal provision for the payment of half dues.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20727, 10 February 1939, Page 4
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137UNION FEES REFUNDED Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20727, 10 February 1939, Page 4
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