CO-PARTNERSHIP.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 79, 5 April 1910, Page 71

CO-PARTNERSHIP.

i m CESSATION GF HARTLEPOOL SCHEME. APPEAL TO SIR C. FURNESS. DEDUCTIONS FROM WAGES. 8j Telegraph. — frees Association.— Copyright. (Received April 5, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, 4th April. With regard to the cessation of the Hartlepool co-partnership (by which the men employed at the shipbuilding yards of Furness, Withy and Co. received 9 per cent, upon their money in addition to their wages), Sir Christopher Furnesß, in response to an appeal, is> considering the possibility of continuing the co-part-nership for another year. He thinks the deduction from tho men's wages towards the cost of their shares might be optional in periods of irregular work. POWER OF BARGAINING. WORKINGMEN'S STRENGTH LIES IN UNITY. (Received April 5, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, 4th April. Mr. W. C. Steadman, *x-Labour M.P., contends that co-partnership weakens the power of bargaining. The workingmen's strength lies in unity, which the partnership scheme aims to destroy. WHAT MALCONTENTS COMPLAIN OF. EMPLOYMENT NOT CONTINUOUS. LONDON, 4th April. The malcontents at the Hartlepool shipyards complain that employment was not continuous. They also dislike "speeding up," which they declare was due to some workers desiring to obtain the best results from the co-partoen-hip. [The men by 598 votes to 452 have voted against a continuance of the copartnership scheme, which has been on its trial for twelve months.]