TRADES UNION CONGRESS
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED. MILITARY SERVICE AND PENSIONS. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) LONDON, Aug. 31. The Trades Union Congress opens at Manchester on Monday. Mr W. J. Davies will preside. When the Congress met at Manchester in 1882 the membership was half a million—it is now two and a quarter millions.
The delegates include representatives from the United States and now for the first time from Germany, France and Canada.
The purposes of the Congress includes securing interchange of information regarding wages, hours and conditions of work and with a view to ultimate conjoint action —Home and international —questions of common interest will be discussed.
The Congress will debate the Parliamentary Committee's resolution condemning compulsory service and expressing astonishment at the manner in which alleged patriots having learned the art of killing while servants of the Crown are allowed to sell such knowledge as shareholders and directors of companies dealing in foreign countries while receiving pensions or allowances from the British Government.
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Northern Advocate, 1 September 1913, Page 5
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