THE STRIKE AND THE COST OF LIVING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8189, 2 August 1912, Page 4

THE STRIKE AND THE COST OF LIVING.

It is proposed by the wharf laborers of Sydney to tacklo tlio meat ring, and tliey assert tuat, unless tiie price ot meat is reduced to a reasonable late, LUey will com© out on strike, so far as tho handling of frozen moat for export is concerned. The matter has been discussed by tho Wharf Laborers' Union. If any action is taken, it will bo after tho usual meeting to be held this week. The wuarf laborers say that they have already communicated wita other unions of men who prepare meat for export, and, whatever stand is taken, will be united. —Exchange.

There is a movement in the same direction in Now Zealand. There are something Like a hundred thousand workers in this country preparing tor a strike on high prices. The number is growing at tho rate of a thousand a week. When the number shall huvo been doubled these Now Zealand strikers will be able to strike in a way that they cannot possibly do defeated. •.■ • • •

The strike will take place at the ballot box. There will be no strike pay because there will be no interruption of tho work. There will be no ccjufusion or loss of time, or danger of disorder. The strike will be settled by leference to a committee, on which committee the contnolling voice will be the voice of the workers.

That is the programme of the United Labor Tarty. The power to oonsti actively deal with the markets, the freezing plants, and all the rest is necessary to roaliy fix things. A lean while tho Housewives' Union in New Zealand and Tasmania ami the wharf laborers in Sydney wifi push the conference, the possible strike, and the boycott—but the baliot is the only and the sufficient way to really reach tho question.