STRIKES v. ARBITRATION.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 14, 29 December 1911, Page 6

STRIKES v. ARBITRATION.

that there appears to lie a

.nsfiosit icn o.i the part of a seetioi ; of the workers to revert to the strike -as the most effective method of objlaining their il' , inaii'ls. it is interest ing to note that Sir Arthur Guiness. : Speaker of the House of Rcore-en l tatives. dur.ng hts r<- «■!<! elecliot. : campaign, suggested certain .amendi rnents to the Industrial Conciliation ‘ami Arbitration Act dealing with the 'subject, suggestions that wore we!: i r .-ive i by th" audiences. Gn< ■ :>uiendi>!ont relates to the taking ol ballots, and in order that the ballot ' oaper mav be drawn up in clear am. ilefinite form. Sir 'Art hi: i* would: bunt , the Act provide that t*’e l.allo. should Be taken under the super vision of the oflic’-r in charge of t hi Government Labour Bureau in the district. The more important sn.girfstcil amendment would provide that the wives of married member of the union should be empowered to vote on whether or not the union should go on strike. Seeing that women in New Zealand possess the parliamentary and municipal franchise. and further, that in th" case of workers' wives they and then children are usually the greatest sufferers from the results of strikes. Sii Arthur believes that this amendment of the Act would prove of great value.