A CRAZE FOR STRIKES.
NINE IN THIRTY-TWO DAYS
The president of . the Employers' Federation pointed out that there had been nine strikes in thirty-two days. As employers they had cheerfully- submitted to the principle of. arbitration, but a spirit of equity had not been shown by the employees., The patience and tolerance of the Government and the whole community had been exhausted, and the Government should exhaust every reasonable means for industrial peace. But it looked as if the more coaxing and pampering the men got the more they looked on such proceedings as a sign; of weakness.. The, Government must' be .fair to ,the public, which was suffering at the, hands of, a few, men. He asked the Government to cease trying to please Sir William McMillan stated that the arbitration laws had been forced on the country by class-represented Government. The employers, for the sake of peace, had agreed to these laws. : The Government made laws which made men criminals if they struck. They should urge on the Government the necessity for showing . firm action towards law-breakers. ,; . ; •■"■■'
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8530, 9 April 1913, Page 5
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179A CRAZE FOR STRIKES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8530, 9 April 1913, Page 5
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