INDUSTRIAL UNIONS.
■' C!U)WTH DURING. THE YEAR.
j By Telegraph. "- (From Our Own Corresjjondent."; Wellington. July 25. 1- Vvhile the membership of utdustniu s niiions of \\orkprs registered under tie. 1- Arbitration Act made a considerable ads v:ii:.ce last year, there was a .small !a!l----i'l ■ ing off in the number of employers so :s registered. There was a decrease oi seven in the actual number in indivie dual unions of workers, but tins arose :■ through the branches of the Associated d Society of Railway Servants being f- merged into one union. The roll of i- membership of workers' unions was m--11 creased bv"5172 during the year, while on the employers' side there was a cle- .-• crease of two unions and 216 members. i'e The distribution of the employers' '-:■; unions and their membership is as a under:
'7 District. Unions, Membership. ■ u Auekia-nd 32 764 . ! n 27 611 \~ Canterbury ... 26 1313 '- Ot.'iuo and Smitliln'nd 24 789 V r r ;I1 .j,,iaki 4 ■ ' 66 "'• Marlborough ... 2 . . 55 !! ;; Xelsun 1 IS :~ "Westlancl ... ... 4 8S ul- ruioiis of workers and their members ;•- ::'rc distributed as follows i • n Oinriet. Unions. Membershi-p. ">' Auckland 74 13,075 Wellington . .-• ... • 74- ■. 20,582 ••- Canterbury ... 69 9,549 llu Oti'.'sio and South- ;." > T - l;;7;d ... - ... 61 S,209 ! »; Taranaki .4 ;■■' ' 76 « ! ".Uarlboroiifdi ... 4 264 110 Nelson ... ... -Q ■ 183 c \ Vrestland ...•• ... 16 2,581
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10516, 26 July 1910, Page 1
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217INDUSTRIAL UNIONS. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10516, 26 July 1910, Page 1
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