THE DAY OF UNIONS
ASPECT OF SELFISHNESS
MAGISTRATE’S VIEWS
“This is the dnv of unions and coinpulsrirv unionism,” said Mr. F. L. Paterson, S.M., at the annual dinner of the Waikato branch of the Feat Estate Institute in Hamilton. Air* Paterson added that it seemed that where trade, unions, failed, and where they would continue-'t-o fail,-was that they were organisations devoted al-most-entirely to selfish ends. Such an organisation ns the heal Estate Institute would survive because its aims were not selfish, Mr. Paterson said. It aimed at serving the public, educating its members, and inculcating the principles of business morality among them so that they might give, better service to the public. The institute: cjOilld learn something from; trade unionism by making membership compulsory and a qualification for receiving a license, he added. . By doing this, an improvement in the service “Would be assured, while the interests of the members would be conserved.- -
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 2
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153THE DAY OF UNIONS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 2
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