EVIDENCE BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 26 June 1912, Page 5

EVIDENCE BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL.

SIXTY STRIKES SINCE AUGUST

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LONDON, June 25. Mr Orbell gave evidence that the Industrial Council advocated money guarantees. Legislation was required to punish employers outside the Employers' Association. They must have a standard wage agreement. Breakers on either side ought to be punished, and even imprisoned. A man working for less than the. standard wage should be punished. The secretary of the Carmen's Union stated that there have been sixty strikes since the August agreement.