ORGANISATION.

Grey River Argus, 18 June 1925, Page 6

ORGANISATION.

IN NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRiAI. RANKS. Ihe much-boomed and heralded open (xmiereneu cailvd by tho Alliance oi Labour has come and guile, but, even ab this early stage, it is easy to see that nothing transpired that will al.vw oi any utlnr deduction than that the deliberations or decisions arrived al will not cause any heartaches or flutterings in the dovecotfis oi the employing class. About all that has been done is the amalgamation of the positively reactionary Trades and Labour Councils with the Abia-nee of Labotu, with the former taking over district jurisdiction. This means that m dividuals in official positions who have cravenly retreated before evil's capita: ist offensive for the past lew years anstill in control, ready to again do an undignified crawl, whenever mar.ster chooses to show his fangs, or make a raid on wages or conditions. A flainbouyant appeal, in the name of industrial unity has been issued in which talk of a united demand for better wages and conditions is aigain stressed. We get the. same old piffle abmi the basic wage, and flip unfairness of the Arbitration Court is trotted out once more. The workers are once more told that they who produce everything and do all the useful work in society, etc., have the exploiters of Nev. Zea land by the nose or tail, j wd' onlv hearken to the voice of the well tried (and found wan’tjng) Moses who erect and formulate Labour’s policy on the industrial field of New Zealand. This is the km-’ dope that has lulled the workers t<» sleep for the past decade, and left our job-conscious union secretaries ami other paid reactionaries arises in undisputed possession of the machinery of the industrial and trades union organisations. However, before the wage workers achieve any results, a s*tj-ou»r militant agitation for the removal from official positions of the reactionaries at present in control will have to !>■ given effect to. These gentry have already been tried and found sadly wanting in those qualities of foresight leadership and aggression thak, the working class movement demajids. I. is worse than futile to expect sir h adroit side-steppers to ever lead tin workers in a successful yt.ruggle. \\ <• learn from their inspiring manifesto that certain gentlemen have been ap pointed organisers, and are to trace the country t,o enlighten the worio as to their real position in society. will put it straight to 4,lic dictators wit I'oss he industrial movement. \\ h • i.’ro you prepared to do about the Arbitration Court? Arc you prepared to advise and supervise the withdrawal of unions from rtjiis class-biassed institution. Remember the episode of Mr •Jack McCullough’s resignation and th complete volte face of the individuals v.ho ‘‘got the wind up’’ at their own resolution before it had limo to properly get in the minud.es! What are you prepared to do about the basic wage ? Remember, fellow workers, a secret ballot once! gave these reactionaries the power made at Their own request to act. What happened?' A complei back down which resulted in a loss <•) morale and prestige, the effects ol which are not easy rto calculate. WIi.M happened to this wonderful industrial organisation during the seamen’' strike, and the railwaymen’s strike? Nothing but a policy of sympathetic neutrality. Of course, the plea is mad thiut the disputes were never hand • 1 over to the Alliance. Probably, just, as well for the working class they were not. What was the Alliance of Labour’s attitude towards the Miners* Lock-out? At the commencement of the trouble it was one of open hostility. They even wend, so far as to deny the miners the right to make a<n appeal for assistance through the- co lurnns of the, “Maoriland Worker.’ The miners representatives had t<» literally force themselves into the inner circles to get their appeals for support endorsed. Yet those are tinkind of individuals who have the colossal gall rto again call upon the workers for unity and industrial solidarity. Tlu* rank and filo is alright. They yearn for progress. But no progress can possibly be made whilst the industrial ma chine is in such craven and reaction arv hands. Workers w;a-tch your lea dors !