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Section 3. —Industrial Eelations (a) The Court of Arbitration The work of the Court in making awards and in approving (for economic stabilization purposes) of industrial agreements may be summarized as follows :

There were in force on 31st March, 1948, 575 awards and industrial agreements. This figure shows a decrease of 8 on the total of 583 at 31st March, 1947. (b) Conciliation Commissioners The work performed by the three Conciliation Commissioners may be summarized as follows : Disputes where complete agreement reached .. .. 89 Disputes where substantial agreement reached .. .. 4 Disputes where partial agreement reached .. .. .. 36 Disputes where no agreement reached .. .. 1 Disputes where sittings were not complete or had been adjourned .. 12 Disputes where claims were withdrawn .. .. 3 Meetings of disputes committees set up under provisions of awards 45 Other conferences, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 16 (c) Registration of Industrial Associations and Unions In previous years, reports (H.-ll) of the Department of Labour have included as an Appendix a return showing the number of affiliated unions in each industrial association and the number of members in each industrial union. This return for the year ended 31st December, 1947, has been separately printed and copies are available from the Department or from the Government Printer. The following figures summarize this return :

The increase in membership in workers' unions has occurred mainly in engineering (3,200), railways (1,004), clerical workers (966 in Wellington and 544 in Auckland), freezing works (880 in Wellington and 459 in Auckland), tailoresses (717 in Auckland), and shop-assistants (440 in Wellington and 401 in Auckland).

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Year ended 31st March, 1947. 1948. Awards made Industrial agreements approved Amendments to existing awards or industrial agreements Apprenticeship orders made Amendments to existing apprenticeship orders Miscellaneous (interpretations, enforcements, &c.) 155 47 30 11 27 54 163 70 472 "4 52

31st December, 1946. 31st December, 1947. Number. Membership. Number. Membership. Employers' associations Employers' unions Workers' associations Workers' unions 23 275 35 377 150 16,033 181 247,498 21 278 35 373 148 16,922 185 260,379