UNEMPLOYED WORKERS' MOVEMENT

Evening Star, Issue 22938, 21 April 1938, Page 11

UNEMPLOYED WORKERS' MOVEMENT

The general meeting of the Dunedin branch of the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement' was held in tha Trades Hall on Tuesday evening. Mr G. Cocking presided over a fair attendance of members.. Correspondence was received from-the- Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works; Mr A, Cook, general secretary to the New Zealand Workers’ Union; the certifying officer, Dunedin; Public Works Engineer, Dunedin; the Hon. T. Armstrong, Minister of Labour; the New Zealand Labour' Party, Waihola unemployed, Xaieri River Trust, and general secretary ol the National Unemployed. Workers' Movement, Wellington.; The organising report _ showed that. five new members had joined up, eight had received full-time work, two ’bad been transferred to other unions, li was agreed to send a copy of the letter received from the Minister of. Public Works to the Waitati camp job, and' the letter from the Labour Bureau' wa* held in abeyance until the next meeting on May 3. The list of nominations for president;, vice-president, s«6retary, and executive was read out to the meeting, and these posts will be decided by ballot at the next meeting. The secretary presented a comprehensive report on his visit to both the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement and the Federation of Labour conferences in Wellington. This was adopted and thanks for. his services tendered'. A collection was taken up on Behalf of the local Spanish Medical Aid Com. mittee. No complaints were received fron groups.