NEW ZEALAND TRADES UNIONIST.
AN AMERICAN CRITICISM. BY 'TELEGRAPH—SPKOIAIi- CORRESPONDENT. Auckland, March 5. ' Mr. •' Kennedy;';"' an. American. '. visitor,' a : .^lawyer, l ..' , . is' . : 'in . . . Auckland at' presont .studying : our labour laws, and the conditions resultant therefrom. He .has'interviewed; several 'local trades unionists',, and intends to use tho information in: the' form 'of addresses..when lie gets back ■to .New York. 'Ho. is .not very, favourably, ■iriipressed... with ',our ,'ayerago', trades unionist., Ho is. stated: to' consider that 'the tendency <ffour. industrial, legislation 'during .the last decade: has been, torrpb our workers of muoh of that"' sturdy assortivohess that 'riWrks the American'worker; or crenithat' of our nearer Comriibiwealth,'trades;-unionist.; Ho lias been:cbmparirig tho' attendanco of members at their ' regular >Unioir meetings with/that of the : American- unionist at . hikfuttctions,: and 1 , thinks that'there, is ■ too'; much apathy amongst the Dominion They are. quite content to allow their affairs to.be governed by: "a faithful few,!' until some of their- privileges: 'are. threatened; with extinction,. 5 when. they , will 'condescend .to,.;put in an appearance to mildly , enter their protest.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080306.2.97
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 9
Word Count
172NEW ZEALAND TRADES UNIONIST. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in