THE RUMOURED STRIKE.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 38, 13 February 1920, Page 7

THE RUMOURED STRIKE.

PRONOUNCEMENT ON THE yi7N_EST. VIEWS OF EMPLOYERS' j.LPKI_E-\TAIIYE. ilr. AlJert .-'pencer, president of th ■. Employers' Association, when questioned lh._ morning re industrial matters in the Dominion, including the much talked about ..onnnij big strike, said the remarks made by a Labour representative that were acting in conjunction with tbe Government, in stirring up taii of str.kes for political purposes, wa.-. certainly utterly incorrect as far as the Association of which he was presidt .it was .--oacerned.

" Un behali oi the Employers' Association.'' sa:d Mr. Spencer, "I must emphati ally refute the accusations implied. I contend that as a body, the Employe s' Association is doing its utmost to piomote and in.-rease friendly relations between Capital and Labour. 1 am aware, of course, that there is a certain section of labour, and also, 1 am sorry to have to admit, some few employers, who are always looking for trouble, and doing everything possible to sow the seeds of discord lie: ween Capital and Labour. Tins is deeply to be deplored, but I feel sure I a:n safe in saying that the great proportion of labour people in New Zealand are extremely level beaded, and therefore fully capable of seeing through any attempt made to hoodwink them into adopting revolutionary ideas. Taking all thinas into consideration, I am quite satined that the industrial situation in the Dominion is very favourable

as compared with other parts of the world, and if both employers and employees will only exercise "patience, and forbearance during this trying period of after-war reconstruction, the time will come when both sides must see more clearly that the interests of one is also the interest of the other: and that, therefore, the only true course is for Capital and Labour to work amicably hand in hand for the general good of the whole community. My Association has en-miraged its members to adopt the system of. where possible, running their bu-messes on a profit-sharing scheme, which, if adopted, will help, or go a long way towards settling, all industrial troubles for the future."