ALLIANCE OF LABOUR

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 142, 16 June 1923, Page 8

ALLIANCE OF LABOUR

FORMATION OF DISTRICT

COUNCILS

SIMPLIFYING ORGANISATION

The formation.in the principal towns of the Dominion of industrial district councils of the Alliance of Labour is proceeding steadily, and within the past, fortnight arrangements in connection with this important step in the organisation and development of. the alliance have been made at . Napier and Gisborne. Other district councils have already been set up in Christchurch, Greymouth, and Westport, and arrangements will be completed in the next few weeks for the establishment of similar bodies at Timaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, "Hamilton, Auckland, and other centres. The question of forming a local council has been deferred pending negotiations with the trades and labour councils upon the proposal that they shall become affiliated with the Alliance of Labour. If satisfactory arrangements can be made, the trades and labour councils in the four larger centres will function as district councils of tho alliance in their respective areas.

The idea of the industrial district councils, as explained by - the secretary of the alliance, Mr. J. Bo'oerts, is that they shali function locally for the alliance., thus simplifying the work of the organisation. Another object of the setting up of district bodies is to give the workers in the different industries affiliated with the alliance direct representation in the management of the parent body.