To Prevent Strikes
N.S.W. MINERS’ CODE Sydney, May 6. A conference of representatives of 57 miners’ lodges at Newcastle almost unanimously approved proposals to eliminate unauthorised coalfields strikes. The chief provisions in the code are: (1) That any matter in dispute shall be referred to the manager, and, failing a settlement, shaL be reported to lodge officials; (2) if the lodge officials and their management fail to agree the dispute shall he referred to the miners’ district executive; fa) there sha’l not be a stoppage except on safety matters without authorisation by the district board of management or the district executive; (4) that the union reserve the right after negotiations have failed Io obtain justice for its membership by industrial action; (5) any member or section of the members defying the majority decision shall be dealt with under lhe federation's disciplinary code.
The code sets out penalties, including fines and suspension or expulsion from the federation.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 8 May 1948, Page 5
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156To Prevent Strikes Wanganui Chronicle, 8 May 1948, Page 5
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