PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.
VOLUNTARY LEVIES FAIL. By Tolcgrapli—PrcES Association—Oopyrieht. ' > London, October 4. Since the judgment, 'in', the, Osborne case—which declared . that . compulsory levies by trade .unions for the support of members of Parliament were illegaltwo branches of ' the Boilermakers and Shipbuilders' Societies at , Sunderland endeavoured to secure a voluntary levy for Parliamentary' representation. • ■ Out of a', membership of '■ 650, however, only; sis contributions were, received. ATTITUDE OF THE MINERS.' i ' London, October i. Mr. Enoch Edwards, Labour member for Hanley, in opening the Miners! Federation Conference at Edinburgh, said that, whatever steps other trades unions adopted in regard to the Osborne judgment tho federation would support, but it preferred to do its own work untrammelled and unfettered.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 5
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117PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 5
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