ASSOCIATION V. ONION.
AN UNREASONABLE RULE. PLUMBING TRADE CASE. [Pkr Press Association.l AI CKLANI>, July 5. Mr Cutten, S-M., gave judgment today the case, New Zealand Plumbers and Gasfittera’ Association versus the Wellington Plumbers and Gasfitter?-’ I'nion for £8 3s, fees alleged to be due The defendant union purported to have resigned from the plaintiff association, but plaintiffs contended that the resignation did not comply with the rules. The' union defendants urged that the rule Ay as unreasonable and unworkable, and therefore invalid, as it required that a union desiring to resign must submit the signatures of all its officers.
Mr Cutten said that the rule was quite unreasonable, though there could bo no object Ton to a demand for a reasonable notice. He thought that a member was entitled to protection against a rule that was quite unreasonable, unless in quite exceptional circumstances. Judgment would be for defendant, with costs.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16470, 5 July 1921, Page 7
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151ASSOCIATION V. ONION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16470, 5 July 1921, Page 7
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