FORMING OF NET UNIONS

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26363, 6 March 1951, Page 6

FORMING OF NET UNIONS

INQUIRIES ABOUT J FORMALITIES PROCEDURE BY MINISTER From Out Ito Ke porter | WELLINGTON. March 5 A number of inquiries have beea made about the formalities involved in forming new unions of waterside workers. This was stated by the Min. ister of Labour (Mr W. Sullivan) tonight. The Minister outlined the procedure to be followed in the formation of z union at any port and in an application for its registration under tha Industrial Conciliation and Arbitrate Act. A society should be formed com. prising not fewer than 15 waterside workers, he said, and this should forth with elect its officers and other members of committee of management and draw up a set of rules specifying purpose for which the society* wS formed and providing for other mat. ters laid down under sections 5 of the act. A general meeting o f the society should then be specially eaiu? In accordance with the rules for the sole purpose of passing a resolution that application be made to the Regia, trar of Industrial Unions for regia, tration of the society as an industrial union under the Industrial Coneilia, tion and Arbitration Act, 1925, When this had been done, formal application for registration should be made to the Registrar of Industrial Unions, accom. panied by a list of members and offcers of the society showing their occupations and addresses, three copisa of the rules of the society, and a emw of the resolution in favour of apnlvine for registration. wmg Forms of application for registration could be obtained from the Registree of Industrial Unions at the heart* nfaS of the Department of Labour and £2 ployment, Wellington, and hewofid on request give applicants any Inter, mation or assistance they might jgy The Minister pointed out that az the registration of the New Zealand Water, side Workers’ Union had been cancelled by him under section 2 gf the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1939, registration of any waterside workers’ union at any port could only be made with his eonsent. This, he indicated, would be given if he was satisfied as to the gemdne. ness of the applicants.