PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS.
MR. POLSON’S VIEWS.® BETTER FOR ALL CONCERNED. (By Telegraph.-—Press Association.) Wangpnui, this day. Mr J. Poison, president of the Dominion Farmers’ Union, referring to preference to unionists at a meeting of farmers, said! that labour is entitled to a reward for its persistent sacrifice. Unionism has undoubtedly been responsible for a general improvement in tlie standard of living, and it is easier to dc-al. with a union if properly organised than with one not so organised for penalties for breaches of awards can be mors easily imposed. It is easier to devise legislation to ■control the abuses of unionism with, preference than without it. United labour is usually intelligent labour, and is more reasonable to deal with. To abolish preference would be as difficult as to destroy arbitration itself. The Court lias seen the desirability of encouraging preference, and the authorities agree that it is better to make penalties for breaches effective than to attack preference itself.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2514, 15 December 1927, Page 5
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