" DANGEROUS PRECEDENTS "
DEFINITION OF A STRIKE, [BY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington*, Tuesday. Mr. Russell, M.P., is asking the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the following clause in the award recently made by the Arbitration Court in tho shearers' dispute :—" Neither the union nor any member thereof shall do anything directly or indirectly for the purpose of preventing any person from working under the conditions fixed by this award or for the purpose of inducing any person to abstain from working under the conditions fixed by this award, and for the purpose of constituting a breach of this provision it shall not be necessary for the offender to have any particular person or persons in view at the time of the alleged offence." Mr. Russell also asks if the Prime Minister will obtain the advice of the Crown law officers as to whether this extension of the definition of a strike is in accordance with law, and if not will he bring down the necessary legislation to deal with the matter and prevent the Arbitration Court extending the law by establishing dangerous precedents, which will tend to sap the entire fabric of our labour legislation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14486, 28 September 1910, Page 8
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