ARBITRATION COURT NOT TO BE RECOGNISED

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume 49, Issue 7743, 12 July 1921, Page 3

ARBITRATION COURT NOT TO BE RECOGNISED

DECISION BY MINERS’ FEDERATION

(Per Press Association—Copyright i Wellington. July 12 The Westland Union has been cited to meet the employers in Conciliation Council on July 20. The dates for the sittings of the Conciliation Councils at Christchurch and Auckland have not been fixed yet, but the Dunedin sitting is to be held on August 4. The following resolution was passed unanimously by the annual conference of the Miners Federation —That this conference now decides that under no circumstances whatever will the Arbitration Court be recognised.

This decision is of considerable interest, as the second move in the dispute between the federation and mine owners since the failure of the. parties, some weeks ago. to reach a settlement upon the minejs’ claims for a new agreement, in the light of the above resolutic n th unions cited by the coal-owners will ignore the conciliation proceedings. It will then be open to the employers to take the case to the Arbitrction Court and get an award framed in default. The appearance of other parties is possible. Of course the parties may meet privately before the dates fixed for the conciliation sittings. The Miners Unions have been invited to private conferences and it is understood, though no union has yet accepted the invitation, none lias d ilely refused.