ORGANISED LABOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 174, 23 July 1907, Page 3

ORGANISED LABOUR.

..rrrnrDE towabds abbi- ■ TBATION.

jiTIEHCE AXMOST I.OST.

PBPOTATION TO HON. J. A. ■MTT.T,AH-

■' •' Reporter.)

WKLLXNTGTDN, this day.

* "i-large deputation of Wellington '^es'unionists placed before the Hon. MHlar (Minister for Labour) last ofct their resolutions on questions of S&mal P° lic y ad °P ted the recent ■ aZfes, Councils' Conference in Dunedm. I' £ g. Cooper, president of the con- - fereßce, the principal speaker, and L made ™y P ointei l remarks reZj&ng the Arbitration Act. Unionists I fere satisfied with conciliation, he said, • Sfctbe powers of the Conciliation Boards sfconld- be extended, their recommendafißns bong given the force of awards, if - by employers in whose emptoy - TOK the majority of workmen engaged in the industry in the district con■<enreA They did not want Wage 3 boards. lUcent decisions of the iilstration Court had indicated that iJiey '^ ac l° si:n S ground in regard to jtjOTulsorv preference, but unionists Joald not'iet this go much farther withont protest They had almost lost -jtience with the Conciliation and Axbitii&m Act, and wished many amecd-j-aits made in it. Unl- there was compulsory "preference, the colony would lose ' 4e benefit of the Act. ■The speakers occupued over two horns explanation of their views. One of the proposals was that a State iron formshould be established in Auckland.