A Trades Union Case.
THE RECOVERY OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
In the Magistrate's Oourt, Inveroargill, on the 15th ult., before Mr S. E. M'Oarthy, S.M., the Southland Operative Butchers' Union sued Henry Dryden for £2 Bs, arrears in subscriptions and levies due to the Union :
The Magistrate said that it was unnecessary in this case to decide whether a member of an Industrial Workers' Union ceasing to be an employee and becoming an employer, ceased, ipso facto, to be a member of the Union. It was in evidence that in the letter sent on 17th November, there was not a syllable written or hinted at that defendant intended to become an employer. It appeared that there was a dispute with defendant, and under Rule 31 it was incompetent for him to resign at this particular juncture. Under Regulation 19 it was "piovided that no member should resign without having previously given three months' notice of his intention to do so, or till all fees were paid. At the time of the resignation fees were still owing by defendant, so that from whatever point of view the case was looked at he was still a member of the Union, and was liable for his contributions. Judgment was given for the Union for £2 Bs, and costs-£1 12s.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 392, 12 November 1903, Page 5
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