T.U.C. WILLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 52, 2 March 1929, Page 9

T.U.C. WILLING.

TO MEET EMPLOYERS. Conciliatory Letter Accepts Conference. PEACE IN INDUSTRY. ("Times" Cables.) (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, March 1. The Confederation of Employers' Organisations and the Federation of British Industries received a letter from the Council of the Trades Union Congress accepting the invitation to a conference with both bodies. The letter greatly regretted the inability of the confederation and the [federation to accept the interim report iof the Industrial Peace Conference, but desired to hear their difficulties. Thus the national organisations of both sides will be enabled to come into touch. The Gouncil of the Trades Union Congress does not abandon the progress made by the Mond-Turner Conference, but hopes to make its recommendations the starting point of the officia' conference with the employers. The Trades Union Congress Council realises that the Employers' Confederation deals with labour problems, while the federation deals with economic and commercial questions, and the council therefore attaches great importance to meeting a fully representative body of employers instead of negotiating piecemeal.