EXPERIMENTAL BILL
Wage Agreements in Cotton Industry of Britain A NEW DEPARTURE (British Official Wireless.) (Received May 7, 5.5 p.m.) \ Rugby, May 5. The text of the Government SHI to enable statutory effect to be given to the wage agreements in the cotton manufacturing industry has been issued. Its provisions correspond closely to the draft outline which was unanimously endorsed by the joint deputation of employers and operatives which waited upon the Minister of Labour last month. The Bill is experimental and represents a new departure in industrial legislation in England. It provides that if joint application is made by the organisations of the employers and workpeople to the Minister be must appoint a board to consider the appli cation and to decide whether it is expedient that an order with respect tc this agreement should be made. Snob an order is to be a term of t..e contrac* of employment and a notice setting out the rates of .wages payable under the order must be exhibited ou the premises to which it applies.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 188, 8 May 1934, Page 9
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174EXPERIMENTAL BILL Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 188, 8 May 1934, Page 9
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