TRADE UNION CONGRESS
FOREIGN DELEGATES QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION. Preß3 Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. , LONDON, August 31. The Trade Union Congress opens at Manchester on Monday. Mr W. J. Davies will preside.' When the Congress met at Manchester in 1832 the membership was 500,000, now it is 2,250,000. The delegates will include representatives from the United States, and, for the first time, from Germany, France, and Canada.
The purposes or the congress include securing an interchange of information regarding wages, hours, and conditions of work with a view to ultimate conjoint action. Home and international questions of common interest will also be discussed, and the, congress will debate the Parliamentary Committee's resolution condemning compulsory service, and expressing astonishment at the' manner in which alleged patriots have learned the art of killing, while servants of the Crown are allowed to sell such knowledge as shareholders and directors of companies dealin" in foreign countries when receiving pensions or allowances from the British Government.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15858, 2 September 1913, Page 5
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