AMALGAMATION
IN THE AIR LABOUR UNITING THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph—Press Associntiop—■CopyrJcbl SYDNEY, January 16. Amalgamation appears to bo in the industrial air at the present time., Besides the inter-Stato consolidation of bushworkors and the State unification of labourers’ unions, a proposal is afoot to form an inter-State federation of tho building trade organisations. Tho clerks, shop assistants, and storemen are also contemplating amalgamation. The Labour paper “ Worker announces that if tiie scheme is adopted by a conference of delegates and accepted by the unions, tne amalgamation will have a roll-call of 100,000. This will mark another great advance, and tho ideal of one big union embracing tho workers in every calling will have been brought appreciably nearer realisation.
RABBIT-TRAPPERS’ STRIKE.
TROUBLE MAY BE WIDESPREAD,
SYDNEY, January 16. Four hundred rabbit-trappers have struck at Gunnedah. They are demanding 7d and 3d each for big and email rabbits respectively. It is feared the trouble will become widespread owing to the trappers joining the Bush Unions’ Amalgamation, which intends to operate throughout the Commonwealth.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8331, 17 January 1913, Page 7
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171AMALGAMATION New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8331, 17 January 1913, Page 7
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