THE RAILWAY COMMISSION
RECOGNITION OF UNIONS. GROUNDS FOR' OBJECTION Received This Morninjr, 12.10 o'clock. LONDON, September 27. Sir Guy Grant, testifying before the Railway Commission, objected to the recognition bf unions of \ the ground That there was a sanctity of coiitract, embodying a solemn bargain for a period of seven years; also on account of the impossibiEty oif the unions securing obedience to the agreements or an observance of their own rules as seen at Liverpool, where Messrs Williams and Thomas found the men out of hand, and were compelled to swim' with the stream, or lose whatever influehce tihey possessed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10435, 28 September 1911, Page 5
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101THE RAILWAY COMMISSION Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10435, 28 September 1911, Page 5
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