BUILDING TRADES
CLOSER UNITY. FORMATION OF FEDERATION. Tho question of forming a Building Trades Federation of New Zealand was discussed at a conference of delegates representing unions in the building industry hold at th» Trades Hall. Mr E. Phelan, president of the New Zealand Timber Worker:' Federation, presided. The following bodies were represented:—Timber workers of Invercargill and Westland. Furniture Trades Federation, National Organisation of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Wellington Building Trades Federation, painters of Christchurch and Nelson, Masterton unions, electrical workers of Wellington, Canterbury Building Trades Federation, Auckland labourers. King Country sawmill workers. The following motion was carried: — “That this meeting affirms tho principle of closer unity in the building trade, and recommends the provincial organisations concerned to still continue their efforts in the dirction indicated, and when such provincial federations have been effected all provincial federations shall appoint delegates to attend a Dominion conference, toi be hold in Wellington, with the ultimate object of creating a Dominion Federation for tho industry.!’
Dir H. Hunter (Christchurch) was appointed secretary pro. tom, and instructed to get into communication with tho provincial organisations.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10634, 6 July 1920, Page 7
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184BUILDING TRADES New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10634, 6 July 1920, Page 7
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