‘Not too late’
PA Wellington A charge by a delegate that the Federation of Labour had been “conned” into mak-J ing its general wage order application to the Arbitration! Court too late, was strongly!
denied by the federation’s president (Sir Thomas Skinner) at the F.O.L.’s conference, A delegate said the Government would come down with tax concessions in the Budget before the court made its decision on the application. But Sir Thomas replied that he could not understand the thinking of some people.
How could anybody think that a Budget which was not retrospective would have anv i bearing on a wage order that [had been lodged well before ■it? J “We have not been I‘conned.’ The result of the
wage order has nothing to do with Mr Muldoon. Fortunately, it is in other hands.” he replied. The wage order application had been lodged a fortnight before the Arbitration Court was set up. The F.O.L- had looked at lodging it earlier but decided that this would not be appropriate, said Sir Thomas.
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