Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration.

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" Court" means the Court of Arbitration constituted under this Act: " Employer" includes persons, firms, companies, and corporations employing one or more workers : 5 " Industrial dispute " means any dispute arising between one or more employers or industrial unions or associations of employers and one or more industrial unions or associations of workers in relation to industrial matters : " Industrial matters " means all matters affecting or relating 10 to work done or to be done by workers, or the privileges, rights, and duties of employers of workers in any industry, not involving questions which are or may be the subject of proceedings for an indictable offence; and, without limiting the general nature of the above definition, includes 15 all matters relating to— (a.) The wages, allowances, or remuneration of workers employed in any industry, or the prices paid or to be paid therein in respect of such employment; (b.) The hours of employment, sex, age, qualification, 20 or status of workers, and the mode, terms, and conditions of employment; (c.) The employment of children or young persons, or of any person or persons or class of persons, in any industry, or the dismissal of or refusal to employ any 25 particular person or persons or class of persons therein ; (d.) The claim of members of an industrial union of employers to preference of service from unemployed members of an industrial union of workers ; (c.) The claim of members of industrial unions of workers 30 to be employed in preference to non-members ; (/.) Any established custom or usage of any industry, either generally or in the particular district affected : " Industrial association " means an industrial association registered under this Act: 35 " Industrial union " means an industrial union registered under this Act: " Industry" means any business, trade, manufacture, undertaking, calling, or employment in which workers are employed : 40 " Officer " means president, vice-president, treasurer, or secretary : " Prescribed " means prescribed by regulations under this Act: : ' Registrar" means the Registrar of Industrial Unions under this Act: 45 " Supreme Court office " means the office of the Supreme Court in the industrial district wherein any matter arises to which such expression relates ; and, where there are two such offices in any such district, it means the office which is nearest to the place or locality wherein any such matter arises : 50 " Trade-union " means any trade-union registered under " The Trade Union Act, 1878," whether registered under that Act before or after the coming into operation of this Act: 2—A. 5.

1901, No. 37, sec. 2

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