THE ARBITRATION ACT
PREVENTING? ABUSE STATEMENT BY PREMIER ..." j ■; ' ‘'• • ‘ - - t (Per Press Association.) RUkEDIX; this day. ; If it- were .found thht the employers were using amendments to the Arbitration Act lor t}te purpose of sweating arid :unfair conditions, the legislation would lie 15 reviewed, stated the Premier iri answering a Trades and -Labor Council deputation .which pressed tor a restoration of the court’s powers. , Mr. Forbes sajid that lie had accepted the employers’ statement that the alteration'would allow greater ,flexibility in business, and rid® them, over difficult times, bbt if it were proved that they were using It for the purposes of sweating and unfair competition, the—whale, matter would be reviewed, hut lie re* quiied more, than general statements.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 13
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119THE ARBITRATION ACT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 13
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