OUR LABOUR LEGISLATION.
{, . WHAT PEOPLE IN ENGLAND THINK OF IT (BY TE'i.K'jri.M"!.—Kl'KClAT. COITItESI'ONnKNT.I Auckland, April 1. Mr. C. C. MacMillan, who has returned to Auckland' from abroad, stated to an interviewer: "In England the trades unions seem to have more influence over'their'members than is the case in New Zealand, where thero liavo comparatively recently been several strikes. At Homo if an industrial arrangement is made, tho unions seem to bo able to make the men abide by it. Tho result is that an equitable agreement can bo arrived at. What they say in England is that the employer in New Zealand is compelled to obey tho Arbitration Court or to pay fines or penalties if he fails to do so, or in the alternative to sell off his machinory ahd perhaps lose half his capital, whereas the men can refuse to obey an award, and there is no hold on them, 'it is also felt at Home that thero is no fairness in Now Zealand laws that fail to compel both sides to obey awards. In many of tho English coal mines operations, have .been carried on for years without any difficulty .with tho men, bccauso they have a basis to work 011. This is not so in New Zealand. It is the knowlctlgo of these facts that deters people at Homo from investing their money here."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 472, 2 April 1909, Page 9
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227OUR LABOUR LEGISLATION. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 472, 2 April 1909, Page 9
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