THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT.
; , —^— )- HEAVY BILL FOB TUB RAILWAYIi MEN. r '' By Telesrapli—i'res3 Association—OoDjrishl " a London, October 21. Tho Amalgamated Society of Railway n Servants agreed to pay .£0.50 to end the 1. Osborno litigation regarding the payment } : of Parliamentary levies out of the so'jl ciety's funds. Tho whole dispute cost tho j society .£IO,OOO. •s Tho c4iso of Dyson versus tho Durham n Colliery Jlcclianics' Association, an action £ to restrain the association from applying K its funds for Parliamentary levies, has i e boon settled, defendants consenting to an • e adverso judgment. is , a In the course of this litigation, ■which e " has been protracted over several years, S" tho House" of Lords gave tho famous Osborno judgment, in which it was laid down that trades union levies for political 'V purposes wore illegal. Mr. Osborno is a 10 foreman porter at Clapton railway etas' tion. The Government recently introduced a Bill to roliove trades unions of dis■o abilities imposed on them by tho judgig ment. ■
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1269, 26 October 1911, Page 7
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