ARBITRATION COURT FINES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2502, 15 May 1909, Page 6

ARBITRATION COURT FINES.

[To The Editor.]

Sir, Having read with considerable astonishment the statement of Messrs Haisman and Somervell at their interview with the Hon. das. Cairo !, that the fines for evasion of the preference clause of-tho A i bit ration C ourt s award went to swell the. fund;- of the union', I would crave space to give .an emphatic denial to tins. AH the^ union receives is an entrance ice of os and a subsequent payment of 5d weekly; also I may say there is nothing in our rules antagonistic to employers of labor, also that it is a benefit society, paying sick, unemployed, tool, funeral, and superannuation benefits. If etup'overs would look upon us as having the' uplifting of our fellowmcn for our object, instead of in the light of men seeking their downfall, it would be to our mutual advantage. J have been a member for eighteen years, and I have never yet heard any one speak disparagingly of an employer at a branch meeting, and I am surprised that business men of tlicir standing should make such absurd and misleading statements. —I am, etc., WJLSOX j){JNOAN, Sec. Gisborne ..Branch Amalgamated Society of Car pc n tore and Joiners.