TRADES DISPUTE BILL PUBLISHED.
RIGHTS OF UNIONS ARE MADE WIDER* (United Press Assn.—Pjr Elec trie ] Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received December 20, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 19. In the House of Commons the texi of the Government’s Trades Dispute* Bill has been issued. It abolishes the safeguards introduced in the 1927 Act against a repetition of the General Strike. Sympathetic strikes are now legalised if the object is industrial, as apart from political, and there is nothing in the clause to limit the number of sympathetic strides. The High Court, however, has the power to declare a strike or lock-out illegal because its purposes are other than the furtherance of a trade dispute, but only if the Attorney-General is a party to the proceedings. The Bill restores the Trad© Unions' right to make a political levy, with a contracting-out clause for members, but contribution to a political fund shall not be a condition for admission to a union. Peaceful picketing is allowed. Civil Servants are entitled to be organisations affilia* ted to Trade Unions, or the Labour Party.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19258, 20 December 1930, Page 1
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175TRADES DISPUTE BILL PUBLISHED. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19258, 20 December 1930, Page 1
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