SCOPE OF AWARDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 183, 4 August 1936, Page 3

SCOPE OF AWARDS.

FOREMEN AND UNIONISM. WRONG INTERPRETATION ? The view that the opinion of the Minister of Labour, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, was incorrect in giving the opinion that unless an award made provision for the inclusion of managers or foremen the compulsory unionism clause of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act did not apply, was expressed this morning by Mr. H. Campbell. secretary of the Auckland Trades and Labour Council. Mr. Campbell considered that the foreman who did not work apart from directing operations, would be exempt from the compulsory unionism clause, but the foreman who worked in the capacity of a leading hand would come within the scope "of the award. The Minister had said that unless the award made provision for managers or foremen, the compulsory unionism clause did not apply, but very few of the awards made provision for foremen. It was quite true that in large establishments managers and persons in control were not covered by awards, but the Minister should define what a foreman was. There were foremen and foremen, added Mr. Campbell, and he contended that the working foreman was covered by awards and had to be a member of his union.