TRACES AND LABOR COUNCIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2706, 10 January 1910, Page 2

TRACES AND LABOR COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING

The East Coast Trades and Labor Council held their monthly meeting on Saturday evening. The President, Mr W. Duncan, occupying the chair, two new delegates, Mr W. Pearson of the Painters’ Union and Mr A. J. Hill or the Freezers’ Union, were welcomed to the Council. The New Zealand Trades C ouncil s Executive asked the Council to forward nominations for a delegate to attend the All-British Conference. Seeing that Mr E. Howard, president of the Christchurch Trades Council is likely to be in England at the time of the sitting of the Conference, it was thought most advisable to support the nomination of Mr Howard. The Executive at Auckland also sub. mitted the offer of Mr D. McLaren to act as organiser for the Federation of Labor during the term that Parliament is in recess." The Council unanimously supported accepting the offer of Mr McLaren. Suggestions were laid before _ the Council of the advisability of inviting some prominent leasehold member of Parliament- to this district to give an addresses on land tenure. The matter was deferred for further consideration. The Council decided to forward a number of remits for the Conference to he held in Auckland in Easter week. Attention was called to a- statement that a linn of boot manufacturers had issued to their female apprentices a notice of dismissal just prior to the Christmas holidays, disc stating that they might obtain employment at present rates and conditions on January 3rd. This, it was stated, is a way of getting round the Jaw, as the Arbitration Court has repeatedly ruled that the apprentices shall be paid for holidays. The Council decided to refer the mat. ter to affiliated members for their personal knowledge. The question of urging Unionists to support file Civil Service Co-Operative Bakery was again brought up and Messrs Duncan, Jackson, Porter and Hall wore elected to wait on all Unions as to the matter. Some discussion arose concerning a statement that a local property owner had shown his antipathy to the carrying of the loan proposals, as assumed by the Council, by increasing the rents. The Council strongly urged the workers to collectively demand the Government to go in more extensively for the erection of workmen’s dwellings.