The Right to Strike.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14274, 13 August 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)

The Right to Strike.

j AMERICAN LIMITATION'S. i I Mr Joseph J. Feely. a Massachusetts : lawyer, sets forth m the "Xoitli ! A nii'.-ican ite'.ievv" lor May the iiuiiit:Ti.,ns wiiii.ii have already been imposed on the. right to strike in America, and iui:ti'.ys >.!n.s up :>y sluing ton.li what. !ie iji:iik:j ought lo '<yj done in ; he ou-jcton oi itirther iini'lation. His iiiicie should be read with attention hy Labium leaders ei:.-;w]ie;-e. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts hr.s .-aid: "it is settled iu tot Ouj-m--,:;wea!ih tuai tin- legality •;: a no.; under extract to work? v,pc:. :he p-.irprse tor w!:;-_h tiie combination u3 i.:::;it-d-;:;e puipose lor which the employees strike." tnir, nitihod, the courts have passed speciivaiiy upon a ntutiber <if_s.tuat:<.!is. and have established i-er-v:;a '.■:.'usc-i rs ones sui'jicieiuiv v:er:\o:- ':"?* , ';■ J: :iTli . v •"• strike, and have labelled oth-jrs as tiujnstiiiable. and the r:g;;-t t,< stnice can be s-nid to e.<ri-r oji'v ier tlie_ purpose of promoting :>. ciue'e m i;:c nrst class and to be where the cause falls within the second divt.-ton. Some instances in which such cr-mbin-nti'jns were found to :>e for an unlustifinble end, hence an tmiav./td purpose, are:—Where the object was: 1. To secure a monopoly of a trade cr calling. 2. To create or maintain a ck.'ft] shop. 3. The sympathetic strike. 4 lo procure the discharge of a becatise he docs not belong to an organisation. ~ ;">. To indurc- the violation of a contract- on tho part of a third person. 0. To vir.l.-u-a the j:c:or"s contract. /. To cr.lo-'.-e the coliectio-i of a fine

! 011 an cir.ninyfo levied for the purpose i of compelling him to join in a strike. , i 8. To force upon die employer rules | | for arbitration made wholly 'by the ' j union. . j '_ 9. Improper interference with the ; ri-.cht of thr> orun-oytrs to have access ,; to a free labour market. The application of the same prini e-.pk-s w.mld .seem adequate to protect | the public from tlie consequences of : much of the hasty, inconsiderate, or '. ; improper concerted action in those casaa j where such action vitally affects tb» i public welfare. ! Certainly the interest of the public : I should l.n-.'a as prompt and. as effective ! consideration and protection as tfios* I of the- individual or group of individ- ! uals. i R.-rb paramount- right of the pnbHo : ; would seem to be a sufficient iustiS«a- .. *.:": for legislative action creating tribunals to wlueh matters growing out of ; industrial disnutes involving; the public I "'', I :; r '' /'bouhl be left- for ccrcr.nlsory j r-lis.-rat=;-.ii and a.s soon M ■ the creation of such a tribunal fee 4mm. Ed expedient. *"' -