LABOUR IN COUNCIL
PAYMENT- OF ENGINEERS PLANKS OF .THE FIGHTING PLATFORM. By Telegraph.— Press Association. — Copyright. (Received January 31, 10.55 a.m.) - » SYDNEY, This Day. Statements made at the Labour Conference that the State Government is paying the engineers in one of its boats lower wages than the recognised union rates, led to strong protests being made,' and a resolution was carried to the effect that when the Government enters into competition with private enterprise in shipping it should pay the ruling rate. The conference adopted the planks of the fighting platform in the following order: Constitutional reform (including the"' abolition of the Legislative Council and substituting therefor the initiative and referendum), abolition of' the office of State Governor, effective land settlement (embracing the cessation of the sale of Crown' lands), State bank and taxation of land values, nationalisation of health (providing free medical and" nursing services, State maintenance of hospitals, and supervision of dangerous and unhealthy occupations), equitable industrial laws, with regulation of the hours of labour and minimum wage. Plank 5 favours free secondary, technical, and university education, and free school material, and plank 6 the establishment of State ironworks.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 26, 31 January 1912, Page 7
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191LABOUR IN COUNCIL Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 26, 31 January 1912, Page 7
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