LABOUR IN BRITAIN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18541, 29 April 1922, Page 9

LABOUR IN BRITAIN

ENGINEERING DISPUTE; 7* -I . r 'J. -.1-/'*, :•*! QUESTION OF MANAGEMENT.: —— t THE EMPLOYERS’ ATTITUDE. % I \ i Pitta Am ooiation—By Telegraph—Copyright - LONDON, April-27.i1/ The Engineers’ Employers’ Federation:: to-day announced that, owing to the > failure to reach a satisfactory settieaMgiif with the workers’ representative®,,, the ifenF *■ ployers had decided to open their shops ' on May 3, and to give the worker® an <m- I portunxty to return on conditions,, which. -■ had proved to be reasonable. When ' the unions accepted the provision® that I managerial instructions should be fol- i lowed, pending a discussion in accordance ■ with- the provisions for the avoidance of ' disputes, the negotiations would be.: re-> Burned. 1 ;■ Mr Chamberlain announced in the House ; of Commons that Sir William Mackenzie, the permanent chairman under the Indus- - trial Courts Act, had been appointed i,a court of inquiry to inquire into the dock- I out. Mr Clynes askea whether the.CKriernment contemplated taking actkmwUn a view to bringing about a resumption of. working during the inquiry. Mr Chamber* " lain said that that could be achieved ? by the parties getting together.—A. and ’ N.Z. Cable. .