LABOUR TROUBLES.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1288, 14 September 1910, Page 2

LABOUR TROUBLES.

rNIONISTS IN CONGRESS

SI , LUTING THE DIFFERENCE

FOR .MOULDERS

KEAK OF SALVATIONISTS \ND TERRITORIALS. *\ •-.).W\V.W TKLSQBAPIJ— COpykluMl London. September l.'i. Mr llaslani, Labour ALP. lor Chesterfield, is President of the Trade.-*. L'nioii Congress now sitting at Sheiiield. hi his opening address. .Mr Haslam emphasised the need for loyalty and discipline on the part of all concerned in the maintenance of the vital principle underlying the trade union movement, namely, collective bargaining. Doubtless d'elavs occurred in the settlement of some minor difficulties, but the breaking of agreements by individuals or l>v .secttonal action was unjustifiable. They ought to expedite the .settlement of disputes by means of proper rules and rcnilatious. Referring to the Osborne fudiinieiit and how it wa.-. hindering the work of trades unions, the speaker said that Labour Fiiious always believed that one of their objects to elect a {fade unionist to the House ol Commons, and luiids were accordingly applied to that purpose. Nothing short of the reinstatement of the position of trade unions up to the time of the Osborne decision could I-;-accepted.

Tlie boilermakcrs' officials ;it Tvneside- reckon on : i si:< weeks' struggle. They argue that if their representative meeting- arranges the proposed assurances, the ballot will be necessary before negotiating with tho employers.

The Sheffield iron moulders asked lor an advance of 2k per Meek, bringing the wage to 425. The musters conceded Is. and are to consider a turther advance.

The card-room amalgamation is postponing consideration of the employers' ultimatum.

The Cotton-Spinners' Federation will meet on Monday. Many employers favour stoppage in view of the clearness of material ami tho unremuneratiye prices of yarn. There js a growing impression in Sheffield that Mr Buxtoii (President of the_ Board of Trade) will be asked to assist in bringing about a .settlement.

The executive of the Steam Engiuemakers' Society report that members, in referring to" the (juestion of recognising authority, remark that if such disintegrating elements entered their ranks they would deal with them as with a plague. A trade union without executive autlioritv or discipline must tumble to the ground. (Received September 14, 8.5 a.m.) London, September 13. If is hoped at Newcastle that a conference will soon be arranged between the Trade and the Employers' Federation in order to amicabjy adjust differences in. connection with the working of the National Agreement. The men's suggestions include that employers shall not engage unionists expelled for disobedience. It is also hoped to settle the points in dispute connected witlr the new system of ship construction. The vote of the Great Northern Railway hands is interpreted as a proposal for re-arbitration. At the Trade Union Congress, Mr Morris, the Bricklayers' Union delegate, protested against the Osborne decision occupying .so much time. He said he believed that the vast majority of trade unions favoured the judgment. (Loud cries of "No!"' ami '•Yes .'"J ■A number of delegates protested iigainst the Salvation Army Labour Home underselling joiners', stokers, and glassblowers. Fears are also being expressed that the Territorialti would !><> ordered to intervene in trade disputes. Mr Ben Tillett. who visited New Zealand some years ago. said tlw Hon. R. 15. Haldane, Secrotarv for War, would gladly use Territorials ;.s regulars, but labour must accept his assurances for th-e time lieinig. The Daily News says: "We have arrived at a rstage of national agreements between employers, and employed. Trades unions are still suspicious of compulsory arbitration, but pressure of circumstances will tend to override their suspicions." The Parliamentary Committee of Trade Unions Congress reported that the Osborne decision is one of those periodical attacks which Labour is accustomed to receive from those whose duty it is to hold the scales of justice evenly. It is an undisguised attack on an hitherto unchallenged right." Mr l>. j. Khaekleton, M.1 , ., informed tho \Dra<le<s I uion Congress that CoOOO is still required to meet the expenses of the Osborne lawsuit, and a special levy will have to bo made to raise the money. Perth. September 1-1. A meeting of tramway strikers who had expressed dissatisfaction at the recent, settlement decide?! to resume work. Sydney, September 14. The scarcity of Labour i« delaying shearing in some districts,