FURNITURE TRADE UNION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9301, 30 July 1908, Page 4

FURNITURE TRADE UNION.

The following report of the executive "of the Furniture Trade Union was adopted at a general meeting of the members of the Union last night: — Two special meetings of the executive have been held for the purpose of discussing the proposed Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment Bill, and after an exhaustive discussion the executive bogs to make the following recommendations : — (1) That sub-section 1 Section 3be altered so that the proposed definition of a strike, namely, the act of any number of workerß, be altered so as to define a strike as the concerted action of all the employees of any one or more industrial establishments. (2) That Section 4 be altered so that the proposed definition of a lock-out as tbe concerted artion of a number of employers, be altered so that a lock-out shall be denned ns tbe notion of one or more employers. (3) T^at sub-section 1, Section 5 be altered so that strike penalties gball not apply in those industries where no award or, industrial agreement is in force. (4) Th?t sub-section 4. Section 6. holding an industrial union responsible for the action ot a majority of its members, .whether or not surli action is approved at a union meeting, be ; do'etod. (5) Tbat Section 9.. providing increased penalties in the event of a strike, without twenty-one days' notj>e, in a number of srpci.fpd industries, be struck out. ?6^ Tbat SefiHon 10 and pH i^s Fub-ppf+inns, providing for the pusnensinn of t^e repfctrn-t-K>n of on indns+Wsl nnior> in tbo event >f n «-+" pr«. h» AfJcteA. (7) TT-pf. Sech'on 21, provsr?in>r for +bf c^l^ction of Snes by emnlo^prs h<» AtJa 4 -"'* as con-y^^p^-ncr flip Tni'V An*- 1891. (K\ Fba.t t,"*ift w^^i** of T>nrt TTT. pr<"r-irl*nqr n^Tl CV»r»Ti«*fls, Cnnoi^tiniDC of n innrrisl^atfi and +wo nfjeossors n^nnin+od by •^° dtsnutinsr partif 4 ', bo deleted. (9) Chat the present Conciliation Boards

be maintained. (10) That the clause in the amending Act, 1908, permitting Sarties to a dispute 1g take a cast iver>t to the Arbitrawm Court, be repfaled. (11) Th?t awards of Conciliation Boards be binding until su<*h time as the Arbitration Court has time to review them. (12) That Section 45 ot the proposed Bill, increasing the number of persons necersarv to form an inrdip+rifll nnion fr^rn seven to twentyone, be deleted. (13) That Section 53. giving the power to i.cpue pennite +° under-rate workers in tl n e bands of the J «T\(>+nr <">f factories, bp delp+pri. 04") That a els use be inrertod providing for the appointment of Permit Committees, consisting of repre<-pr.trti TT r>F o1 * the unions of employers and employees, in wM^h shall be vc^^d the power of o-rantinor permits. (].*>> xnat Section 57, giving pm^er to tbe Arbitration Court to provide for the payment r»f an exertion wage, be deleted. (16) That Section SS, ajviaec discreilaasiry

« power to the Arbitration Court to make > an award or otherwise as it thinks lit, ' be deleted. (17) That Section 60, proi viding for the appointment of asres-sors - to pssist the Arbitration Court, be de- , leted."