ARBITRATION BILL

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 238, 5 October 1908, Page 5

ARBITRATION BILL

t ■ FURTHER AMENDMENTS. DEFINITION OF STRIKE A2fD ' LOCK-OUT. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Keporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Arbitration Act Amendment Bill was reported from the Labour Bills Committee of the Legislative Council this morning. The amendments made are ot a machinery nature. In clause 3, defining a strike, words have been added making it an offence on the part of •workers to do anything- with intent to cause loss or inconvenience to their employers In the conduct of their business. "Lock-out" is amended to mean the act of an employer in closing his place of business, or suspending or discontinuing his business in any branch thereof (a> with intent to compel or induce any •workers to agree to terms of employment or comply with any demands made upon them by the said or any other employer, or (b) with intent to cause loss or inconvenience to the workers employed by him or to any of them, or (c) with intent to incite, aid, abet, instigate, or procure any other lock-out, or (d) with intent to assist any other employer to compel or induce any worker to agree to tonne 01 employment, or to comply with any demands made by him. In clause 9, dealing with strikes in ceri tain industries affecting the public service, the penalty on an employer for locking-out before due notice has expired b in«reft»ed from £200 to £500, and the increased penalty is also provided in the case oi aiding and abetting any such case?.