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HON. R. SEMPLE IN REPLY By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, February 5. “I have been twitted by a Tory newspaper with being a travelling agent for the establishment of Labour Unions,” declared the Hon. R. Semple when referring to his desire to see all public works employees Joined up with the New Zealand Workers' Union. “That statement is obviously absurd, but I want to point out that the New Zealand Workers’ Union will be an integral part of a great building machine, and I can see that if we don’t have this organisation we will be faced with a multiplicity of Unions. I won’t recognise any Communist organisation nor any militaristic organisation; I will only recognise this one comprehensive Union through which men can lodge their grievances, and while those disputes are being dealt with the men must be going on with their work. There will be no stop-work meetings. The Union will not only protect the men and function in their interests, but it will also render assistance to the Government.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20335, 6 February 1936, Page 8
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