ACTION TAKEN BY EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 16 April 1908, Page 5

ACTION TAKEN BY EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION.

DUNEDIN, April 15.

A special meeting of the Employers' Association was held to-day to consider the Government's actions in connection with the Blackball strike, and also the question of aiding and abetting, and Mr Skerrett's opinion. of section 14 of the Factories Act Amendment Act, 1907. The following resolutions were carried: "That this meeting of Otago employers express its disappointment at the turn things have taken in connection with the Blackball strike, and very much regrets the Government's continued inactivity to enforce the Act. The meeting considers that the best interests of the community as a whole the Act should be immediately amended and made enforceable against all parties ox expunged from the Statute books of the Dominion altogether;" "That as the Government refuse to take prompt action against those unions which have been guilty of aiding . and abetting the strike in passing resolutions of sympathy and donating money to carry on the strike, the New Zealand Employers' Federation be asked to institute proceedings against one or two of the principal offenders, so that a test case may be made and the position of the employers ascertained;" "That this meeting is strongly of opinion that radical amendments must be made to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act if it is to be of any lasting benefit to the community, and that the local federation be appointed to draw up necessary amendments to be approved by a 1 general meeting and forwarded to the federation for submission to employers throughout the Dominion."