GREY WATERSIDERS ADDRESSED BY NATIONAL OFFICERS

Grey River Argus, 7 October 1949, Page 2

GREY WATERSIDERS ADDRESSED BY NATIONAL OFFICERS

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE PASSED At a special meeting yesterday morning, members of the Greymouth Branch of the New Zealand Watersiders’ Union were addressed at length by the national officers, Messrs Barnes and Hill. After discussing the pamphlet issued by th e Minister of Labour, the Hon. A. McLagan, and hearing a report from the national officers, a resolution was unanimously passed supporting the national officers and expressing no confidence in the Minister of Labour. The full text of the resolution passed at the meeting was: “That we have complete confidence in our national officials and national policy; that we favour commission control, but any association we have with it be voluntary; and that we reserve the right to disagree with and, if necessary, criticis e the decision. We will not agree to any outside interference such as has transpired in the past. We reiterate our previous resolution of no confidence in Mr McLagan as Minister of Labour”. At a similar meeting at Westport the previous day, the following resolution was passed; “That this branch expresses full confidence in the national officers, this branch also expresses no confidence in the Minister of Labour”. Messrs Barnes and Hill completed their tour of South Island ports at Greymouth, and left last evening for Christchurch, from where they will fly to Wellington to-day.