LABOUR UNIONS' PLANS.
—i— . A BOYCOTT POSSIBLE. <PSBSS ASSOCIATION TELEOB.AM.) INVEKCAEGILL, March 27/ "At the present time there is -no foundation for the rumours that are be-' ing circulated" with reference to a general strike. The Labour movement realises that a majority of New Zealand Unions are not in a position to 1 adopt that weapon* but arc.a-num-ber of Unions in -key industries which may adopt such.tafltiqp," said Mr Arthur Cook, president of the Alliance of' Labour, who is visiting Invereargill. He said the Labour-movement blamed the ' Unemployment' Act and its administration for the increasing number of unemployed. It "was ftill of loopholes end any employer could' take of it. -' • - ■ , , Bef erring, -to the-subject of wage reductions, he said that beyond question a boycott would be-adopted* Owanised" Labour would remove its; aupport from , all.firms'who followed the action of -tiie Government,and reduced wages. " 1 t"
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20198, 28 March 1931, Page 14
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