WELLINGTON SUBSCRIPTIONS.
TRADES COUNCIL APPEAL. •; ;. The* position at . Blackball' ; was'- . discussed . * ftt' .■.someV\lehgth'. at'. the >?ni ; eetihg' -'of-" : the' ■; .arid.''Labour: ■ Council- • last.-nkht;' 1 The' Council had 'preyiously; intimated to the' Blackball "miners ' that it was' ■' prepared to.- give financial''assistance,':''and" ■f later J a;, telegram; caifie' from ■) the : Blackball ; Union ' 'asking : :tbat." the ' assistance .be -given. : In thai; following'circular-was drawn up i ■ " Wellington Trades and Labour. Council; . March.il,- 1908.'v.T6'the Unionists' : of . Wellington r The Blackball miners have appealed . for financial •assistance ! .'and they'are fighting to combine 'as: Unionists. They: . demand"■ that tlio men who were' dischwgea ,i . 1 for their .energy: in>..the . cause : of-Unionism■ ' -shonldr'be taken .on -again/ ' and -that,', 'in' future, when tho employers wish<;to' shorten . hands. ! a: ballot'-shbuld.'be 'taken' as ;to v who should .'.bo i dismissed.. The . employers have, up. to; thepresent, dischargedwhom they A chose, but they, hare nbiised ■"; this ■' privilege :by [attempting:- to .crush tljo Union' in discilargihg.iits .prominent members.':; The' Co'uncjl confidently expect that all Unions:-will' ■' subscribe liberally to support the men, who are' fighting, not only fori themselves,' but. I : for 'the principle \bf : Unionism."''Donations may. bo;forwarded ' to/mej" or to.•Mr. "■Rogers, secretary •• of tiho . Miner's' Union, 'Blackball,- Grs.tmduth.—W. H..' TYestbroake, '-'• ; .' I''- '• _ : : , The circular was" unanimously,:endorsed by - .the Council,, and - was ordered to. be sent ,to the- different Unions of the' Wellington Iri- . diistnaj district. '• The secretary, was . further instructed t'o["write" to the. affiliated . Unions . asking tlicm'to discide to'send .a specific sum v.-iv.'L-lr iii' support of the wives arid children of' the miners tff Blnckball. . Thn Council dooidod to telegraph £20 away A. immediately. :: ■-■:■ ." - .-'-.'of '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 8
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