SYNDICALISM AND UNIONISM.
FEDERAL MINISTER EXPLAINS HIMSELF. (Received 22, 10.30 aim.) Melbourne, July 22. Mr. Hughes, Federal AttorneyGeneral.replying to criticisms of ins remarks to the Victorian Railways Union, explains he was not speaking so much of the theory of syndicalism as of the general strike He did nor say strikes were never justified, but that broadly speaking they were rarely if ever the best way of obtaining redress. They were certainly not a substitute for political action. “My remarks,” added Mr. Hughes, “referred particularly to the exti aordinary tendency of factions inside the unions to disregard the decision of the majorities. [Mr. Hughes was reported in the cables last week to have said that “Syndicalism was a great danger to unionism. It was merely anarchy. The foundation of union was the rule of the majority. Unionism to-day was as near the goal as it had ever been.”]
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 185, 22 July 1912, Page 5
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