“LABOUR UNREST”
Englishmen blamed
(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, Nov. 3. The trade union rank and file in New Zealand should determine whether its interests were best served by English-born leaders, said Mr J. M. Priestly, the National candidate for Roskill, in his opening address last night. There were alarming symptoms of labour unrest, he said. An increasing num-' ber of English immigrants held positions of responsibility or control on union executives and committees.
“English immigrants have populated this country for the last 140 years, and we still need and welcome them,” he said. “But industrial relations in Britain are very different from ours, and have been so for decades. “England is a country where there are great disparities in wealth. Social classes in Britain are still marked and there is an ageold tradition of class hostility. “It is time for the tradeunion rank and file to have a close look at its leadership and decide whether their interests are really served by Englishmen who have not shed the bitterness and confrontation mentality of their homeland,” said Mr Priestly.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33065, 4 November 1972, Page 3
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