TO UNIFY LABOUR

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 148, 22 June 1917, Page 3

TO UNIFY LABOUR

The congress of delegates from Auckland Trades I'nions was resumed last evening in the Trades Hall, where Mr. G. Davis presided over a gathering numbering upwards of 400.

The motion. " That the time has arrived for the linking up of labour's force« nationally, and t hat the keynote of the conference be Hie unity of labour." aroused considerable discussion, and was eventually carried unanimously. Speaking to this motion, delegates were of opinion that it would be well to follow the lead given by the farmers. They. it. was said, were organising on a national basis by the formation of one big union, and threatening direct action when they asked for .1 Stntc lime industry. The Employers' Association, too. were solidifying their forces, and organising on national lines. A significant feature of this was an industrial chart, which was to be seen on the wall of tbe employer*' headquarters, Auckland—the Chamber of Commerce. The chart, provided for national organisation along the lines of industry. Lecturers were also being engaged for this solidifying purpose. -Mr. Richards said if the employers could so organise nationally, and find it necessary so to do. the workers should at least follow, and the need was even greater for the workers to combine. Mr. Lloyd George was quoted when he said. " The whole of society is in a molten state. You can stamp upon it almost anything you like, providing you act determinedly." Realising this all sections of the community were apparently attempting to put their stamp on the new world, as suggested by the British Premier. Attention was drawn to Mr. Lloyd George's challenge to labour to be audacious in its claim*. Only by that means could they get a really new world.

Referring to existing organisations the speakers suggested that if their constitutions were not acceptable all unions had been invited to send remits to the National Congress, which was to be held in Wellington'on July .'!.

The gathering also accepted and passed the resolution, "That the first business of the next session of eongrees, to held on Monday evening next, be the setting up of committees to meet local branches of the national industrial organisations, the United Federation of Labour, and the New Zealand Labour party, for the purpose of bringing down recommendations to a future meeting of the congress."

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