THE ARBITRATION ACT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 20 June 1912, Page 2

THE ARBITRATION ACT.

v AMENDMENTS ASKED FOR. BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATION. 1 WELLINGTON, June 19. A deputation from the New Zealand Painters' and Decorators' Federation i waited on the Minister for Labor and suggested amendments to the Arbitration Act, as follows: (1) That the power given ji Judge to grant exemptions be repealed, and that any pei-son or corporate body engaged in" an industry shall be bound by the full terms of the award; (2) that in fixing application for the hearing of a dispute it shall be deemed sufficient if notification to employers in any industry of citation is made by adveitisement; (3) compulsory preference to unionists, and that agreements made before the Conciliation Council shall be binding. The deputation further asked that a Bill be passed, compelling all partnerships to be registered, to prevent evasion of the Act. The Minister said the Government proposed to amend the Act this year, and the proposals of the deputation would receive every consideration. The Act was designed to promote industrial peace and goodwill between the different sections of the community, an-1 ft was most essential if the "Act was amended in any way that they should try to make it really a peace-making measure, and a real Arbitration Act, with a Court on which they could rely to decide any dispute on just-and equitable terms.