AT DUNEDIN. CARTERS WILL NOT STRIKE.
>•••> DUNEDIN, November 24. About;!l2o or 130 members attended, a special' meeting of the Carters' Union ; to-night for the purpose of considering : whether the Union should instruct its, I members not to cart goo'Qs to or from"i any steamers which we're being loaded; by Arbitratipnists. The first business before the meeting was a request that two members of the Waterside Workers' Strike Committee should be allowed to address it. A carter moved, however, that the members of the committee should be... allowed to. deliver addresses at the .conclusion of the business, and this was agreed to by the majority. The question of, whether the Union should call tits .members, out on strike next came up for decision, and the TJnion by . a substantial.''majority- decided not to come out. The Carters' Union is registered under the Arbitration Act and is also affiliated to the Federation of Labour. It was decided to obtain legal advice on the question of whether the affiliation was in order. The secretary of the Union, Mr J. D. Smith, tendered his resignation.
union, with registration under the Arbitration Act. So far, however, official confirmation of the statement is lacking. . .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8724, 25 November 1913, Page 5
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