A STRONG PROTEST. AUCKLAND, January 18.
A meeting of unionists passed the following resolution :—": — " That this ma-s nieoiiug of Auckland uiiiojii.-to piofews against t'ue appointment vl Mr T. HarL f * t -Tiles a* a Commissioner of Conciliation, and pledge themselves to refuse to take any case before the Conciliation Council for any other purpose than to have it referred direct to the t,ovit of Arbitration, for the vePHon that Mr Giles is totally lacking in c-xprriem.* 1 of industrial disputes oc con'li'lo'-.'. Alth'/u.'!' hvi will l«avc no vote, yet as ad\iser to tli--^ pai'tits in dispute he would be li-elpv.a, if not dangerous, for p.tly chai:<:e of tli? successful working of the act. It is a primary factor that the <'f<mir'i-i-ione- s'sould !ave the confidence of eii">p'oyeis and emp'oy-ees, which we hod Mr CJiJf-s <]')p* not pos?p ; e. Thi 5 : i.^pi t<!)_', K-prPhO)Uinj{ all unions, would if .]>> 1 1 1'ully uri;e uj>o i tlio (i€>\einnient to lL'coiiiidcr hi-- .ippoiptmcnt."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 27
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159A STRONG PROTEST. AUCKLAND, January 18. Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 27
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