WATERSIDE WORKERS' CONFERENCE.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13159, 4 July 1908, Page 5

WATERSIDE WORKERS' CONFERENCE.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGHA.M.) "WELLINGTON, July 2. At tho Wati-reide Workorti' Conieronce, it was n»o!v«l to support an aiiK-ndm«nt of the Arbitration Act to provide th«t Corx-ilialioii Boards fehuli be couipoeed of one moir.ber from euh</ party appoiiitt\l a.s at p-resont, an:i that" unions taking dusputes to the IJoards shall Iravo tho right to add two as require.!, also that the coiif< r-nco oTM>osed any restriction in the rkiit of the intiens* to appoint any as- ' ffssors they please. Among other rethe more important w^r< , : —That the appointment of any officer or any moniber of a committee ,of of a union, U'ing pitTOlv ii matter of internal management, should bo left mrtirely to the; union to '«rit!e as it pk'.isM: that tho coniprn<e affirms the principle that tho •.mute law sh-mild be amon-ded to pro- . kle that a]l agreements and award.? • hull provide for straightout preference Ln unioniits. ■How jiuifh should a sling used in handling contain?" was another qi!tiftio!i daiciisged. Acccrrding to one delegate, there did not socm to be any limit. Eventtially, the Conference decitled that the timbVr in chain slings bo limited in length an-1 their carrying capacity should nor vxci'od ono ton. It was nho <!ecidcHl that shipping companies provide wharf labourers with working tools.