LABOUR CONFERENCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12728, 11 April 1904, Page 2

LABOUR CONFERENCE.

[PftKSS ASSOCIATION.] Cl i RISTC! ICRCJI, .Saturday. Tile Trades Councils’ conference resumed this morning. It was decided dial it lie an instruction to the executive to draw' up a scheme for the inauguration of the union label system in New Zealand. it was decided lo urge tile Government to provide legislation compelling all persons or linns taking orders for tailoring lo employ tailors or tailoresses, such work lo be performed in workshops for the time being owned or occupied by Hie person or firm taking such orders. The object is to prevent certain shops charging for taibr-mado suits ami sending the cloth to be made up slop fashion at factories. It was decided to urge an increase of old-age pensions to XUs a week. It wa.s resolved to urge the Government to pass a Shop Hours Jiill providing for a uniform hour of closing and a compulsory Saturday half-holi-day, all shops to shut at 6 o’clock on live days in the week and at I o’clock on Saturday.

it, was decided to recommend Mr Robert. Slater to the unions for reappointment as workers’ representative on the Arbitration Court. Mr W. Hood (Otago) was recommended as deputy representative. Tim following resolutions wore carried ;

Thai the Government be urged to amend the Municipal (Corporations Act so as lo provide for the payment of councillors for their services. Thai tlic next conference he held in Wellington. That the following ho recommended as a fighting platform :-—(!) Legal tender of Slate notes; (2) abolition of sale of (Town lands and a periodical revaluation of all lands laid on lease; (3) local government reform to provide that the Parliamentary franchise shall extend to the elections of all local bodies, and that every elector have the right to vote on all financial cpies--1 ions submitted to a poll; (4) referendum with (lie initiative in the bands of the people; (5) compulsory preference to unionists; (6) abolition of Iho Upper Mouse. that this conference make an urgent appeal lo Parliament for a sum of £SOO for each Trad-s Council to assist in securing a Trades Hal! for each centre.,