A THIRD BILL

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 101, 26 October 1932, Page 8

A THIRD BILL

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

BALLOT OF EMPLOYERS 1 The third Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment Bill to be heard of this session was mentioned in the House of Representatives yesterday when Mr. R. MeKeen (Labour, Wellington South) obtained permission* to introduce such a measure. The first Bill was sponsored by Mr. J. MeCombs (Labour, Lyttelton), but it was not allowed to bo introduced, and Mr. MeCombs has given notice of a further Bill which provides for the repeal of last session's legislation, and proposes to revive all awards and agreements existing prior to the passing of last session' legislation. Mr. McKeen's measure deals with the situation in another way. It proposes that when a conciliation council fails to agree to refer a matter to the Arbitration Court, tho Clerk of Awards shall take a poll of all employers bound by the award on the question of the cancellation of the- award. The award or agreement shall only, be cancelled if a majority of the employees bound by the award vote in the affirmative. If the proposal to cancel the award is not carried, the award or industrial agreement shall continue to remain in force. At the present time, if a conciliationcouncil fails to agree, notice must be given to the Clerk of Awards, and if an agreement is not reached within thirty days, the existing award is cancelled.