ARBITRATION SLUMP

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 May 1914, Page 5

ARBITRATION SLUMP

TWENTY-THREE UNIONS DEFAULTING. (By Telegraph —Special to the Star) WELLINGTON, This Day. A heavy slump in arbitration is indicated by the notice which the Registrar of Unions has given this week to cancel within six weeks the registration of no fewer than fourteen workmen's registered industrial unions and nine employers unions. This action is being taken under Section 22 of the principal Act, which shows that the Registrar is taking the final step, having previously failed.to secure' returns, and having reason 1 to believe that these organisations are defunct. . . .'. ! The unions specified are, in the case of the workers, as follows : >k The New Zealand Branch of -the Federated Seamen's Union ; ,-V :■ Auckland and Christchurch Journalists ; ' :' Canterbury. Metal Workers; . t Hamilton 'painters; ';■■>. Huntly Coal Miners; ■ '; ~< Taranaki Tailors; Dannevirke Carpenters; .■• ~/,; Wellington Sausage: Casing .Makers; Marlborough Freezing Workers;:' Christchurch Butchers ; Christchurch Hairdressers; Southland Slaughtermen; ; f The following are the employers unions affected:--•~nd Boot Manufacturers; , Auckland Harness Manufacturers; Waikati and Wanganui ' Master Plumbers; ,', Greymouth Master Builders; ;,. Westlanc! Sawmillers ; ~-}% ; Canterbury Coach-builders; ', . ,<,' South Canterbury Master Tailors.