UNION REGISTRATION CANCELLED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 12

UNION REGISTRATION CANCELLED

EARLY ACTION BY HIE MINISTER HOPE OF SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE. I I r«r Pi««> As»oriatioa. ) | PARLIAMENT BLDGS., July 19. I The Minister of Labour, Hon. P. C. I Webb, has taken action under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration .'Amendment Act, 1939, which was passed by Parliament yesterday. Io cancel the registration of I he Otahuhu Chemical Manure Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, as from to-morrow, namely the date of publication of the notice of cancellation in the Gazette. This automatically cancels the Northern Industrial District Chemical Manure Workers Award. dated October 17, 1938, and deprives the workers in the industry in the district of the benefits of machinery and other privileges, icluding compulsory membership of the union under the Industrial Conciliation and Abitration Act 1925 and its amendments. This does not affect the right of the workers to negotiate for an agreement under the Labour Disputes Investigation Act. 1913, and notwithstanding the action taken, the Minister said he desired to state that the Government was anxious to assist in | bringing about a settlement of .he unfortunate dispute that existed in the Auckland district and would do its utmost to bring the parties together with this object in view.