T.U.C. pledges support against Govt
PA Wellington! “Any union required toj break the law to get econ-: otnic justice will enjoy the! support of the (Wellington): Trades Council,” said itsj president, Mr Pat Kelly. | His declaration followed aj special meeting on Friday of I about 250 delegates convened to hear a Public Ser-I vice Association spokesman explain the P.S.A.'s dispute with the Government. The , delegates passed a unanimous resolution, ‘‘that this meeting record its total opposition to derecognition or deregistration of unions, and serves notice on the Government to expect an immediate response of retaliation by the organised trade union movement should they take such a step.” , The Council plans to organise unionists in the Wellington district to act “with all possible speed” should the Government contemplate any such measure. It was likely that the Government would threaten to deregister the Drivers” Federation if it went ahead with national strike action over pay claims, Mr Kelly said.
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