THE TAILORESSES’ UNION.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 345, 31 August 1889, Page 2

THE TAILORESSES’ UNION.

THE THREATENED STRIKE. MANUFACTURERS COMING DOWN A PEG. Dunedin, yesterday. Owing to the delicate relations between the Tailoresses Union and the Manufacturers Association, a strike on a large scale appeared inevitable. The m rnufacturers at first held the log up to ridicule, and also refused to recognise the Union, but they afterwards receded from the latter position. The tailoreeses have tho sympathy of all th* trades unions in the colony. It ia believed that the threatened strike of tailoresrea ia averted. A committee of the Union and representatives from the mmufacturers have had a meeting, and the following is the effect of the official record : — Mr G. Fenwick was unanimously elected to the chair. After the opening remarks of the Chairman, the Secretary of the Union explained the purposes for which the meeting had been called, and stated that before going into any business he would like to ask tho manufacturers if they recognised the Tailoreases Union as at present constituted? In reply to the chairman, Mr Hallenstein, on behalf of the manufacturers, stated they did, subject to the appointment ot a joint committee lo whom had been submitted all the points in dispute between the manufacturers and the Union, and farther, that part of the basis of the constitution of the joint committee shall ba the primary right to determine tha log to ha in force and such other leading principles as may be mutually agreed upon between the manufaotursrs and tho Union. After considerable discussion, there was a unanimous opinion that a joint committee should he formed to settle the matters in dispute which may from time to time arise, the decision of such joint committee to bo binding on both sides. Mr Hallenstein wished to know if the rules were hard and fast or not, or if the committee were going to alter them st any time the manufacturers should be consulted about such alteration if they affected them, and, if necessary, that they should be referred to the joint committee. It was resolved that the joint committee should ba appointed in tha following manner The Tailoresses’ Union to appoint two members, the manufacturers to appoint two members, and these four members to elect two additional members quite unconnected with tha manufacturers or Union, and these two outside members to appoint a third member; one of these threo laat.mentioned members to be chairman ; in tho event of a tie in any voting, tho chairman to have a casting vote.