ARBITRATION COURT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 31 October 1921, Page 5

ARBITRATION COURT

FREEZING WORKERS’ DISMM TK (United -Press Association.) WELLINGTON'. Thin Day. The Wellington freezing workers’^ dispute came before the Arbitration Court to day The. Court reserved consideration' of |ho claim to have bacon companics exempted from the dispute. _ Ihe first question was ihat of a- Uumm.on or at least a North Island awaid. The importance of this phase oi ihe dispute was strongly emphasised 0 J' 1 ' presenialives of the employers hale aiion, who declared the industry cou d hoi. )>e carried on at- the present- rale of wa-ms. Unless the works could he starfCtf the country was going to be inyolved in the loss ol hundreds of thousands of pounds- . * . i Mr N'iali. for Ihe employees, cbirm'l that the New Zealand Freezing Workers' Federation had mil been ei ed. Judge Frazer said “federal did n ■ appear in the list "I Pities The federation, he understood, eoveivit all the unions in ihe Dominion and A t Xiii.ll claimed dull- the present _ dispute was pureiv local. The _ federal .on h d 1,,-o.A-n-11- ’""'"A " omission on the P- 111 01 “ 1 Niall said the federation had not taken part- in these disputes. U* himself had acted as assessor inr \anous unions and not for the Federation, which dropped out at the. first sittingsThe Court retired Jo discuss the legal point rained that- on returning the. judge said the- Court- had ample powers for tho citing of the, parties, it was quite clear the association had been cited. R 'was equally clear it had nob been served with a notice of citation. ■ 1 ,ie Court had powers to meet such eases, ■to direct that parlies should 00 added hv citation, and to post pone tho hearing of the dispute, if necessary The Arbitration Enurt declined to make any order striking out the federation as a party to the dispute.