LABOR EXCHANGE BILL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11857, 22 May 1909, Page 5

LABOR EXCHANGE BILL.

-...' THETOEMPLOYED ; ;PROBLE>I. ' (Press Assn.-r-By .Telegraph— Copyright) y-,' y; ■;■-:; LONDON, May 21. In tho House of Commons, Mr Winston Churchill yesterday introduced the Labor Exchange Bill. Its'; .only opponent was Mr Hftvelock ' Wilson (Labor member for MiddlesboVohgh), who (>sj^sed it >n the ground • that mercantile niarirte- offices, which -were sailors' forms of labor, exchanges under the Board of Tradejliad proved, an absolute failure, &nd--\vere merely encburagi'hg the engagement of cheap CliinesblaborV Mr Winston Churchill'^ ideaY i 4 that tlie Board) of Trade, should control the labor, exchanges; with-' the[.' view, of makihgYthe system national janel uniform ; and great importance is attached Ib. the advisory. commit'tie'es. Ylt is hoped that ttie, labor; exchange will rieeVime tho industrial'centre or, labor market m, each te)Wn'.' ( 'It' is suggested that .the trade board, should riioet there,, audi that the meeting rooms .. should boy let fo trade unions . at M a reasonable . rent. It is hoped that the trades ; unions will cooperate for* mutual; information. Mr Churchiir intends ,thij.t the labor exchanges shall offer facilities for washing clothes arid mending. Non-alcohol'c refreshments will be provided. Separate provision -will be made- for men anel women, and for skilled' and unskilled labor. \ Oho section of the Board, of Trade will act 'as an. intelligence bureau, te> s watch changes m th» labor market at home and abroad, anelVact as a counterpoise to the unregulated movement of that market, ' arid deal with schemes pf public utility |et on foot by the. Government.:, ...',;. " * y The. newspapers .. welcome- £he .Bill as. a good ecohpniio scheme, V calculated to mitigateV*sfecial evils! S^me .'urge env ployei-syto, utilise the exchanges to fill vdjcahcies. Others ; iemph|isise the im- ' portance of trade unions heartily assisting.' Stress ,is laid; on the ' fact that Britain .'is 'tardily following 'the. example of her industrial rivajsi^;