STOP-WORK MEETING

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3809, 16 September 1936, Page 5

STOP-WORK MEETING

IS PREVENTIVE LEGISLATION NECESSARY? MR BROADFOOT WANTS INFORMATION. Mr W. J. Broadfoot, M.P., asked an urgent question in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, when he addressed the Prime Minister on the subject of. recent developments in the industrial world. The member for Waitomo asked Mr Savage if he would take step; to eliminate stop-work meetings which were, occurring while disputes were in progress between employers and employees and to see that constitutional means for settling disputes were employed in the future. “The industrial legislation of the present Government has effected radical changes in the relationship between employers and workers, ’ Mr Si.vage said, “and misunderstandings regarding interpretations were bound to occur during the period of transition. Considering the multiplicity of occupations and industries affected, the Government takes satisfaction in the lact that the new era has been er/ered upon with only a few minor disputes and with no serious dislocation of industry. “The amendments to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act and to the Factories Act have provided machinery for more rapid settlement of disputes by constitutional means. The Government is watching the position closely, and if, after making due allowance for the exceptional circumstances which prevail during the present period of readjustment, it appears that still further legislation is necessary to encourage settlements by constitutional means, consideration will be given to the steps necessary to achieve this end.”