LABOUR NOTES
In this column last week was published an extract from the Loco. Record commenting upon the failure of the conference between delegates from the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and the Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association. The A.S.R.S. side of the case is put in the Railway Review in a statement by the president of the Amalgamated Society (Mr. Hampton). The gist of it is this. The form of amalgamation offered by the A.S.R.S. was different from that existing ■ before the engine-drivers left the society, inasmuch as it provided for representation on the governing body of the different sections by their own elected delegates, together with the right to form sectional branches where particular groups might discuss their own affairs without interference. It is not worth while to retain independent existence to push the claims of a particular section,- since all claims must be considered with, regard to their effect upon the service as a whole. Sectional claims create anomalies and cause friction. If the E.F.C.A. organisation is. the best, what is to hinder other sections from adopting it? Then, in place of the A.S.R.S., there would be at least four railway societies (with the, resultant expense) and a loose form of federation. Such elaborate organisation is not needed, and will not give, results so satisfactory as the simpler, closer form of amalgamation. Apropos of Uiis matter, it will be remembered that a little while ago the 'Mastcrton. branches of the A.S.R.S and E.F.C.A. formed a joint committee •to deal with questions of mutual concern. In a resolution published in the Review they suggested that other branches take similar action. The resolution has received gre.it support. Many branches of the A.S.R.S. have approved it at once; others have deferred consideration. Only in one or two cases has it been turned down. Evidently there is a fairly general desire among members for some closer form of union with their fellow railway workers.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 137, 10 June 1916, Page 10
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