THE ARBITRATION COURT
A LABOUR PROTEST. Jf NOT OPPOSED TO COMPULSION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. A number of Labour officials in Wellington are publishing a protest against the attitude on the Arbitration Act taken up by Mr Roberts at the' Industrial Conference, which they hold may be taken to indicate that the Labour movement in New Zealand is opposed to compulsory arbitration. They contend that no Labour conference of a national character has ever carried a resolution asking for its repeal; that the recent conference at which delegates were chosen did not agree to its repeal; that replies to a circular by the Wellington Trades and Labour Council gave a decision decidedly against it; and that fully 95 per cent, of the trade unions in New Zealand are not in favour of it. Criticism of the Court in the past does not imply that the principle is condemned, but that an amendment or improvement is desired. The protesters emphasise the fact that there is no justification for the conclusion that the unions have declared against compulsory arbitration.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17385, 23 April 1928, Page 8
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