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COMPULSORY UNIONISM MOVE IN AUSTRALIA (9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Aug. 15 The Australian Parliamentary Opposition executive has endorsed the declaration by the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. A. W. McFadden, that any move to introduce compulsory unionism in Australia be strenuously opposed. r'he Australian Council of Trades has asked the Prime Minister, Mr. J. Curtin, to introduce compulsory unionism by regulation. The Opposition executive expressed the view that because of the vital importance of the question to the everincreasing body of Australians who were forced jnto industry to meet war-time demands, the Goverment should openly indicate their views of the subject. ‘ The opinion ' expressed was any action by the Government to force people to become members of a particular trades union would be nothing more than a party move which would not further the nation s war effort in any way.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20863, 15 August 1942, Page 3
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142STRONG OPPOSITION Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20863, 15 August 1942, Page 3
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