CRITICISM OF LABOUR.

Northern Advocate, 4 September 1913, Page 5

CRITICISM OF LABOUR.

VIEWS OF EMPLOYERS

'A GRAVE AND HURTFUL SPIRIT."

WELLINGTON, Sept. 4

Vigorous condemnation of the attitude of some of the workers' leaders and the thoughts engendered in the minds of some of the workers is contained in the annual report ot the Wellington Employers' Association. •'ln common with other industrial world centres," the report states, "New Zealand is experiencing a full share of the troubles brought about by what your committee considers are the prevalent mistaken ideas in the minds of some workers that they are not receiving adequate pay for services rendered and that their interests and those of their employers are antagonistic. Inculcation of these beliefs is directly due to advocacy by a considerable section of the workers' leaders, who are creating a grave and hurtful spirit in the minds of many workers that they are not receiving fair treatment from their employers. The resulting dissatisfaction is showing not only, in decreasing efficiency in work in hand, but also in the characters of thei workers. Absence of the right spirit in many employees is plainly apparent, and this must inevitably seriously affect their moral fibre and general character and efficiency. The present attitude of workers towards their work is a large factor in creating disinclination on the part of those with capital to venture into any new industry. The open advocacy of lawlessness and disregard of both legal and moral obligations by some leaders is doing untold harm to this Dominion."