BREWERY WORKERS.
JOINED IN FEDERATION. IBy Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Delegates representing brwwery workers in all tlie principal ceuttes .of the Dominion discussed the formation of a federation embracing the various unions. Mr. B. Martin, Auckland, was appointed to tlie chair. The conference unanimously decided that a federation should be formed covering brewery, aerated water and related trades, and a set of rules wae drafted. Thq present unions, it. in .stated, comprise about a third of 1 ho workers in the trade, approximately 10(1(1 in number. fSteps will be taken to organise the whole of the workers 1 hroughout the Dominion. The offices of the federation will be located for the next two years in Christchurch. Mr. G. A. Brown, Christchurch, was appointed president, and Mr. R. W. Walker, Christchurch, secretary. The conference discussed various other matters.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 62, 15 March 1922, Page 8
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