COOKS' AND WAITERS' UNION.
PRESENTATION TO MB. E. J. CARET. The ordinary meeting of ■ tho Cooks' and .Waiters Union was held last night. After tho usual routine business had been gone through, tho President (Mr. A. Bloch), in a short speech, referred in appreciative terms to the work of their secretary, Mr. E. J. Carey, during the recent Parliamentary Session. . The result of his efforts was shown in an amendment to tho Shops and Offices Act, securing to them the . much-needed weekly half-holdiday. On bohalf of his fellow-unionists ho handed Mr. Carey a presentation gold 'watch, inscribed "To E. J. Carey, from friends and members of the Cobles' and Waiters' Union, December, 1907." Accompanying tho watch was an illuminated address, \wliich sot forth the acknowledgements of' tho Union for its secretary's efforts on its behalf. Mr. Carey, in reply, said that the greater part of the credit belonged to the Union, not to himself. Their cuccess in'obtaining the concessions asked for was n splendid tribnto to organised labour. By uniting their forces they had secured better conditions of labour, and they could now see tho advantages , of a strong Union. Mr. Reardon, of the General Labourers' Union, also paid a tribute to Mr. Carey's zeal and energy.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 65, 10 December 1907, Page 5
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