ALLIANCE OF LABOUR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19404, 13 February 1925, Page 2

ALLIANCE OF LABOUR.

TO MEET IN APRIL. UNITED FRONT WANTED. (Fosom Gnu Own Coursspondent.) WELLINGTON, February 11. There are indications that the attendance at the open conference called by the Alliance of Labour for April next will bo fully representative of all sections of the Labour movement, and, the Post states, hopes are entertained that the result of the deliberations will be the formation of a dominion organisation, which will bo able to present a united front in all matters affecting the workers. There is a feeling in some quarters, however, that much as such an organisation is needed, some difficulty will be experienced in arriving at a decision that will bo received with favour by all concerned. One section of the Labour movement, while hoping that good may result from the conference, is not by any means optimistic, and holds the opinion that there is likely to be considerable difference of opinion as to what form the new body should assume. Tire view taken is that any new body formed should follow on the lines of the National Trades Congress at Home, but it is felt that that view will not coincide with views held by other sections of the Labour movement. The need for unity is stressed in a statement which has been issued to the workers. This states; “The Labour movement of New Zealand has been talking unity for years past. Tor some reason, however, that unity has not been obtained, for the workers of New Zealand are to-day to a very large extent disunited as far as a general policy for industrial'labour is concerned. There must be some definite reason or reasons for this, for on every hand wo find the actual wage workers demanding a national industrial policy and closer unity, while at the same * time labour is divided into crafts and sects which leave the toilers at the mercy of the New Zealand Employers’ Federation. The present disunity in the Labour movement should not be allowed to continue, and there is no reason why it should. The opinion of any one man or any one section of the workers should not be the means of keeping tho workers apart, for unity is essential if the workers are ever to obtain an improvement in their standard of living.”