THE GUILD SYSTEM.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 4019, 8 June 1920, Page 1

THE GUILD SYSTEM.

EXPERIMENT BY TRADE UNIONS TO SOLVE HOUSING PROBLEM. 'By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright.) I : (Aust.-N.Z. Cable Association.) London, June 5. An attempt to cope with the serious housing problem has i;esulted in an 1 interesting experiment'in London and Manchester, in the application of the Guild system to Socialism, which', it is believed, is destined to revolutionise' industrial control. Under the system a trade union ticket is a certificate iof membership of the Guild, which is , designed to mobilise the necessary labour, and eventually to undertake all branches of building, supplying skilled architects and engineers, and carrying on all necessary and desirable public and private work. The labour of a Guild man will no longer be a marketable commodity, but the Guild man will be on the strength for life. It is anticipated that the Guild will be able to increase the purchasing power of its members' pay by the scientific organisation of production. Discussions have been proceeding with ' the Minister of Health with reference to the percentage of the cost allowable for management. This now has , boon settled on a basis of 6 per cent., in addition to a remuneration o f £40 per house, payable by the local authority.