GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND UNIONISM.
MINISTERS DE(XARATTOX. 'PIB WELLINGTON, Juno 10. Twelve members of the. Wellington Typographical Union who are employed in the Government printing ollice have resigned from the membership on the ground that the Union wr.s becoming a political organisation in that it voted money to the strike funds. A deputation from the Union asked Hon. F. M. B. Fisher, Minister in charge of the ollice, to insist that all Government employees in the office not connected with the Union l>o compelled to be, members of the Union. The deputation sturdily denied the allegation that the Union was Ivcvinimr a political organisation. Mr Fisher said neither he nor the Government won! 1 insist on compulsory unionism for Government employees. Under the rules of the Union members had a right to resign and he would d<> nothing to deprive them of that right. He was willing, however, to help to settle the differences.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9810, 11 June 1914, Page 7
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