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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 86, 2 April 1914, Page 6

The questionu whether the Labor Department is going, to prosecute unionists or the unionists working under: the Arbitration, Court awards who went out on strike in November is being awaited with interest, says the Wellington Post. Not only are ihe offending unions interested, but the employers and the new unions which were formed, to replace several if the arbitration bodies are concerned. If the Department decides to proceed the prosecution will comprise ohe biggest batches that have yet been lauiiclied in Now Zealand, at any one time, no less than eighteen arbitration unions, with some 8000 or 9000 members,' being involved. If, on the ither hand, the Department decided lot to take action, the Post points out that the following issues will demand Immediate solution; (1) What is the ■use of imposing penalties under the Arbitration Ac£ when they are not enforced, and (2) what is the fate of the new unions which were formed to replace the arbitration unions which went on strike? —P A.