INDUSTRIAL MISSION.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17242, 29 October 1927, Page 8

INDUSTRIAL MISSION.

DELEGATION TO AMERICA. AUSTRALIANS SUBMIT REPORT. CO-OPERATION & CONTENTMENT. ! (Received October 29, 11.15 a.m.) ; SYDNEY, October 29. ! The report of the Australian Industrial Mission to the United States says the effort of the employers generally to understand the wants and requirements of their employees, and on the __ other hand the readiness of the employee to grasp the idea of the employer that the interests of both are identical, is very pronounced. The old system of one pulling one way and the other pulling in the opposite direction is apparently disappearing. . The report indicates that in the manufacturing industries strikes and lockouts are diminishing. Generally,

it is p.ointed out, the management aims at collecting a good force, giving it a good opportunity of earning good wages, and keeping it working steadily and continuously, gaining its confidence, and, above all, absolutely keeping faith with it. As a rule, the management of open shops, while demanding it should be unhampered by outside interference, encourages the cooperation of and displays willingness to treat with, its employ n es. “To-day,” says the report, “the attitude of Labour towards scientific management seems to be one of openminded inquiry and experiment, with a leaning towards adoption. The pronition and insistence in many industries’ of militant domination is being supplanted by constructive activity in the form of union manage-

ment and co-operation. Wherever ■ this is found in operation there are ! undoubted proofs of contentment among workers and management, and prosperity with progress In the industry. 1 “The American Federation of La- ' bour has modernised its view to the newer- idea that the employer and employee are inter-dependent, -and that co-operation between both for the benefit of an industry is essential to efficiency. Strict application to .work for the maximum output on both sides is the only way that an industry will be made to provide further remuneration for both.”