ANTI-STRIKE BILL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10392, 9 May 1927, Page 5

ANTI-STRIKE BILL

GOVERNMENT CONCESSION LOCK-OUTS PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED. (United Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, May 6. The Attorney-General, Sir Douglas Hogg, gave notice of an amendment to the Trades Union Bill in committee stage, declaring illegal any lockout designed to inflict hardship on +he comm unity.—A .N.Z. O. A. Two important Government amendments to tho Trade Union Bill wer° issued to-day, both dealing . with clause 1, which defines au illegal strike. The clause originally declar ed a strike illegal if it were designed or calculated to coerce the Government, or intimidate the community, or any substantial portion of the ocmmur.ity. The clause now declares a strike, illegal if it is designed or ©siculated “to coerce the Government, either directly or by inflicting hardship noon the community.” The effect of the alteration is that the hardship inflicted on a community and not the intimidation is the- governinf factor, and, as it is pointed cut inofficial circles, hardship may be inflicted without necessarily intimidating the community. The clause >s regarded as having been strengthened. -The second amendment makes a lockout illegal on the same grounds, and prohibits tho application of money to simport such a lock-out.— British Official Wireless.