SHEARERS’ DISPUTE.

Grey River Argus, 7 June 1922, Page 5

SHEARERS’ DISPUTE.

CAPITALIST VIEWPOINT. A '< CATTERWAULING ’ ’ EXECUTIVE. SYDNEY, June 6. Despite the attitude and advice of the Australian Workers’ Union over the shearing trouble, a general strike of shed hands is regarded in some quarters as unlikely. It is stated that shearers fear the farmers and graziers are in a bettor position to co-operate and form teams to do the shearing than they were last year, when they resisted the introduction of a 44-hour week. The sheep owners are organising in a firm determination to resist the men’s demands. The executive of the recently formed Majority Labour Party resolved in favour of a continuation of the arbitration system, strongly condemning the resort to strike, which only resulted in embittering industrial relations and arresting industrial development, reacting disastrously upon trades unionism.