EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24736, 29 November 1945, Page 4

EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE

FREEDOM FOR ENTERPRISE URGED®

A plea for unity and co-operahj» ; s among employers' associations ' wß*<:;' made by the president of the Canter*:' bury Employers* Association (Mr C. >v Feate) at a meeting of the South Can?;, terbury branch of the. association^,. Timaru last evening. Employers niiisfy su?nd together, otherwise it "would h?|.' impossible to prevent the- encrbach-jV, ment of the Labour GovernmentsoPgj private enterprise,' he said. ' : ':;%s£■ Discussing manpower regulation*.*?;;.: the speaker said there should be.'aS..£ little control as possible for the free*:dom of private enterprise. The Em*- r ployers' Federation had asked for:*'; : lapse of manpower control and certificates of essentiality. If private en-' ;, terprise was to play a part in re ; habitation it must hava complete freedom. Unless all employable- pet- ; sons were employed employers werj . not doing their full job. he said* Workers themselves must help in tne*i rehabilitation of former servicemen and women rnd must help each other. They could do this by giving their ; support to local industries. Much had been said about the rela- - tionship between the employer ana - employee, continued Mr Peate. Free- ; dom of expression must be allowefl employees, he said, but he did not; approve of works councils and production councils in any particular under-: taking; for they were apt to bring toOmuch power to emoloyees. and the employer would become the servant ox , those committees. He added, that workers should have every consideration and employers should be tolerant and take them into confidence a na listen to their grievances.