AUSTRALIAN ISSUE
COMPULSORY UNION MEMBERSHIP (Rec. 9 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Aug. 14. The executive of the Federal Parliamentary Opposition has endorsed a declaration by the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. A. W. Fadden, that any move to introduce compulsory unionism in Australia must be strenuously opposed. The Australian Council of Trades Unions has asked Mr. J. Cwtin to introduce compulsory unionism "by regulation. The executive of the Opposition expressed the view that because of the vital importance of the question to an ever-increasing body of Australians forced into industry to meet wartime demands, the Government should openly indicate its views on the subject. The opinion is expressed that any action by the Government to force people to become members of a particular trades union would be1 nothing more than a party move which would not further the nation's war effort in any way.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 40, 15 August 1942, Page 5
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142AUSTRALIAN ISSUE Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 40, 15 August 1942, Page 5
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