ARBITRATION COURT

Evening Star, Issue 17393, 1 July 1920, Page 4

ARBITRATION COURT

WOOLLEN MILLS EMPLOYEES. 'ilia Artiitralion Court have forwarded tneir judgment iu the mitt.-i* of the «Q*:i ro and .'-out!! land, Canterbury, Wellington, Nad Northern iudu.ffirird districts federated woollen employes' award. The judgment reads: "On the 2Ct!i of Jure, ISIS, an award was marie hetween cc; tain woollen manufaetun-g companies of the one part and toe New Zealand federated woo Hen nibs’ em-I'loy.-rs c f tiie other part. On ti'e ’si of March, 1920. an agreement was made i-e-Iwcon the New Zealand Woollen Mi’lOM;t;ciV Lni of th.c on- part an-,! the workers of the other part ‘w’mrshy ■amongst other things' it was ag-ved that certain ru ’vu-cs in tiie. r.wwd rat-’s of wages she hi id be -/ranted to wHn-us n-w* of workers covered by the award. One of the terms of the agreement vow as vliows agreement shall on.uwte from Cte day of the date hereof ilHb March, 1930 1 until the Ist dav of Mav. 1931, and during that period neither or' to,, --.i-H n--r-Ces shall seek or ail .w anv site-ation to ee made in the twm ~f ike said n g rfe . men:, either in the C-.nrt -•? Arbitration or <u:i-r.visv. Not*-- iCwtaud-rg this agreement. how-ycr. th-c Dunedin and Mris-nd M'-moen. Mi ;s • won ed the Cammi *, •. (: laTl. V.a:i;.| :oe IV. o o; toe several unions cous'ifntb:;; the m S n r p. tion of workers, have wwmtivdv filed am rikrawors under the Wa.r Legislation Act 1-v wliirh these unions ash- fhp C-maf ♦ „ disregard the agreement before m.miior-d C'-d !•■> grant the workers covered hv Cm v* r -* . ‘ ■ • " *•• • *’»•» •-on,ln our or;;;;., 11. Oowwar, (hose ntmlionrions muimt be -evtr-i-tained, hoi* the reaeon they am m! awmiy her,.,,. , b „ r - r)l ,',. t> inasmuch ns the War I.e-Wintim -V-t ■»- quire 5 nn r ,]•-•f;->r- 7-, . P ni ''V to C- award. These urio.w 'are not panics to she awwd mM 1-,,,-, f,-, , . i- : ' ' "V.' ‘ ‘.* * '' *- S-. a:; laa se am anp!::-a-tmu to am.-.u! tin award. The -iue-e----po-rv to malm such mi application! if it w f*.on gut pi ope i- in .m, m Hm of w.ir'm-v. who am a orw ;:-!, ■ 5 . [wA imion? bore metdioiiC! are only two of the constituent unions. It , na y -v 0 ;i p, g inf til{l question of making swh an application is brought ..f-fg,v the awrwialim, ,V r consid->-'.u’ in uiev rrav drclum t-a do so p.s this v:nii ': ] ; ■fr.imia.T.m of the agwemem enierm) imo op tVir behalf bv flu.;,, dnlv-apnc.ir.trd renresematirej. t,, t!'--sa M the rieri;/ of the ambicafio-'s. b>!q ■ ncre-y dismiss them on the ground ah rcailv stated."