SYMPATHY OF OTHER UNIONS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14290, 28 February 1912, Page 10

SYMPATHY OF OTHER UNIONS.

i A series of resolutions passed lac*'* 1 night by various unions of workers*, seen—, to indicate that their sympathy ja* \ with the General Labourers'' Union, and;'; | with the Federation of Labour. A TheJl j Auckland Drivers' Union, at a largely ! attended meeting, unanimously i Pass*(Jf; a resolution condemning tho actiod *,of ; < tho City Council and other emolovj/ifZ assembled in conference, in rufusiag|'to givo tho General Labourers' opportunity to state tho caso for "ify;workers, Tho coach-workers, largely-attended meeting last unanimously adopted "th© following 14&% lutidn:—"This meeting of tho Auckujpi: Coach-workers' Union emphatically, jjpf& demns the action of tho Mayor//-jantfji City Council in refusing to representatives of th© General TiaWßgi era' Union and tho Federation of-xjg**. hour, for the purpose of dUeujßKl";. working conditions, and protests th© City Council using its ferred by tho citizens, solely vi interosts of tho employing the present occasion.' &'lsssfTh© feeling of tho officially noted as follows:-— "Tb&&&£' mitteo of Management of the Tramway Union, considers th© ariasH\ci:~i tho Mayor and City Council in rejhwaf. to meet the delegates of tho Labourers' Union in conf crene© reprehensible and unworthy of a body elected by a popular vote. represent a union that is liable at Jaipi" moment to be called out on defence 'of our fellow-nnioniste, ahdj*Bj-K order to prevent such a drastio we call uT>on the Mayor and Coi»tfj|i to re-consider tho position before-"fi-*?.' too/late." p-^Jj.