VALUE OF UNIONISM
STRONG DEFENCE OF TRANSPORT LEADER United Press Association—Bv Electrto Telegraph—Copyright (Received May 19. 12.10 a.m.) LONDON, May 18. Addressing the Transport and General Workers’ Conference at Blackpool, Mr Ernest Bevin (secretary), amid loud applause, demanded the support of every member to drive out Communists from their ranks. He said the Communists were seeking to undermine the structure of trade unionism. "Documents show that “gangster tyranny goes on among men. .vho get in the clutches of the Communists," Mr Bevin added. Reviewing the achievements of the union during 1936, Mr Bevin emphasised that they had effected 4000 wage settlement.-, obtaining Increased wages for workers without the loss of a single day’s work. The fusion of the Labour Party and Trade Union co-operative movements, was the greatest popular front the world had ever known.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20731, 19 May 1937, Page 9
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135VALUE OF UNIONISM Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20731, 19 May 1937, Page 9
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