WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20536, 10 April 1930, Page 15

WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

CRITICISM OF COMMITTEE. AUCKLAND NOT SYMPATHETIC. Little sympathy is discernible in trade union circles in Auckland with the decision of the national executive of the New Zealand Alliance of Labour in declaring, "black" the committee set up to investigate the Workers' Compensation Act. Meetings of trade unionists in Christchurch and Dunedin have passed resolutions supporting the Alliance on the grounds that the Government should have first consulted the tfride unions regarding the appointment of representatives of workers.

The controversy has hinged about the appointment of Mr. T. Bloodworth, of Auckland, to the committee, it being stated that exception was taken on the question of principle and not on personal grounds. At a recent meeting of the Auckland Trades and Labour Council the appointment of Mr. Bloodworth was approved, and inquiry yesterday showed that there was little prospect of any contrary move being initiated locally. A prominent trade union secretary expressed the view that the Government had acted correctly in the matter, and that no cood purpose could bo served by the decision made by the Alliance of Labour, to which, it was stated, not •more than 20 per cent, of trade unionists belonged.

Representatives of unions have no objection to giving evidence before the committee, although a difficulty in that connection may arise if the committee does not sit in Auckland.