A.S.R.S. Against Conscription and for 1/- Hour Wage Rise
P.A. WELLINGTON, Feb. 21 Opposition to peace-time military conscription was declared in a resolution adopted by the biennial conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, now sitting in Wellington. This resolution will be forwarded to the annual conference of the New Zealand Labour Party and to the New Zealand Federation ol Labour. n J x . The conference resolved to support the proposal for an application to the Court of Arbitration for an increase of Is an hour in wage rates. This resolution will be forwarded to the Federation of Labour. The biennial conference of the A S R.S. is the ruling body of the society. Its meeting is presided over by Mr J. A. Barton, national president. Fifteen delegates are attending, representative of 15.000 members.
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Grey River Argus, 22 February 1949, Page 5
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