WARNING TO AUSTRALIAN UNIONISTS.
■■• Received February 5, 5.5 p.m. SYDNEY, February 5. Mr. Deeby, discussing the industrial position with the Newcastle Labour Council, strongly condemned the tendency of • the younger members of.unions, without responsibilities, absenting theiriselves from meetings, thereby allowing those with anarchistic tendencies to get control of many unions and leaving the management in the hands of a noisy minority. If . this continued, au amendment of the Trades Union Act, Invalidating all decisions by ballots Unless carried by a certain proportion of members was inevitable and tiie State must in many other ways step in to control unionism. Unless, evidence was forthcoming of a determination of the majority oc unionists to help the Government to fmaintain the arbitration system, an amendment of the law would probably be in the direction of the limitation of the system of fixing bare mininumi wages. He urged the pressing necessity of unionists realising the
/financial and economic effects of the
jwar and the need for the continuity 1 I of work in all branches of industry.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 6 February 1917, Page 6
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173WARNING TO AUSTRALIAN UNIONISTS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 6 February 1917, Page 6
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