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ARBITRATION. I k, t q ? industrial Courts Bill I I Criticised. & I Second Reading Agreed I i To. ? ..è In "he House of Commons yesterday i Stir R Home, in moving the aeccnd 2 reading of the I ml u^trial Courts Bill, g said the Hill set out to do three things: J To set up permanent Industrial Counts 18 in th-> country To set up a Court of Inquiry info trade disputes; and £ To make it illegal to pay wages at a loss raLe than were being paid now under X the decisions of the Interim Court of Ar- bkration unlt.il 20th September, 1920. I The original Act dealing with the ) maintenance of -tho existing rates of ;^wag-sis would come to an end on Novein- s t her 21st, and it was felt th-at something miu-t he put in its place. Nothing affected trade and industry so i badly atv unsettlement, and it might be an advantage to an employer in the ar- ranging of his contracts to know whall conditions were to prevail during the en- fining year. It was the repreeentattives jr, of the Trade Unionists who ftrit urged (tho Government to continue the opera- tion of the Wages (Temporary Regula- tion )Acc for another year. He accord- ingly saw the representatives of the em- ployeirs, who were distinctly opposed to 3 the continuance of the Wages Regulation s: Act in the form in which it then stood. AN ANOMALY. I It contained the anomaly that whereas j. it was oompeteat for the workmen to force the employers to come to Courts of Arbitration to have wage question decided, 4 there was no legal compulsion on the workman. Accordingly they had in the present Bill a proposal to make it illegal up to 30th £ September next to pay less than the pre- sent rate when fixed by an Arbitration Court. The Bill put no legal compulsion on either side. ARBITRATI ON SPI RIT. I lie did not agree with people who argued that a voluntary arbitration would not be worth much. During the last eleven months the Interim Court of Arbitration had decided 753 cases, and in only thrw- of these cases had there been any strike I against the award. (Cheers.) What we really had to do was to foster the arbitration spirit and to encourage every means by which people would volun- tarily agree to settle their disputes by reference to an arbitration court rathei than by the violence of strikes. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the spirit displayed dar- ing the past eleven months would continue I and grow. He hoped by means of the court to be set, up not only to be able to I have many disputes settled in an amic- s able fashion, but that a great deal would 'I be done tQ systematiie wages in the coun- i try. As to the Court of Inquiry that was to be set up with the object of enlightening ■J public opinion as to the merits of a dis- t pute. the Court could be set up by ordei of the Minister of Labour, and it wooild have power to compel people to attend and to produce I books and documents. < Everybody had come to recognise that the public was the final arbiter in industrial )¡ disputes, and that in these matters the public was eminently fair and just. The ? problems with regard to labour at present were of infinite complexity and difficulty. Apar? from its immediate effect, it was f hoped that this Bill would bring a better f¡ ,itinospliere and a happier spirit into our industrial relations. (Cheers). I. LABOUR CRITICISM. I Mr. J. R. Clynes (Lab.) said the Bill proposed not only to continue the exist- årng Wages Act, but also to establish a new system of arbitration, and to insti- tute an entirely novel method for inquir- ing into the causes of disputes, speaking on behalf of the Labour Conference that mei the Minister of Labour, he had to say ",that they regarded this as an unnecessary mixing up of veTy big questions. They believed it would have been far better For the Government to deal separately with the immediate system of the continuance of the existing rate of wages. The Bill asked them to accept two new and important features in our industrial system, which would re- main permanent, in exchange for the ex- tension of an existing law which was re- garded sw only temporary. UNEMPLOYMENT DOLES. He complained that the Government had done nothing to try to solve the diffi- "culty with regard to unemployment. Would the Bill, he asked, guarantee not only existing rates of pay, but higher rates if they were secured by future awards ? Sir R. Home replied that that was so. Mr. Clynes, continuing, said that organ- ised labour shared the desire of the Minis- ter for greater and more continued peace, lie was not opposed to the spirit of this legislation provided fuller opportunity was given for discussing the important details. Mr. Tom Griffiths (Labour) 6aid he wanted from the Labour Minister some explanation as to what was to lieoome of the Conciliation Boards and the Whitley Councils if this Act was going to lie put into operation. Had the Trades Unions and other bodies been approached on the subject. "He#wanted to now if the old machinery was to be in operation, or was it to be scrapped an destroyed? If that were to be done and the Government were going to establish courts similar to the Committee on Production, then the Trade Unions of the country would turn the Bill j iown. They had no confidence whatever in STEREOTYPED COURTS Eucli as the Committee on Production. Trades Unions desired peace; they did not want strikes. He hoped the Minister would give a full explanation, because the workers and the employers had taken alarm. If the Government introduced legislation to interfere with industry no f.voiwess flould be made. Mr. Vvr.rdio (I'.iriiamentary Secretary to tie Ministry of Labour) said the fears hon. mem bers were perfectly ground- Ti,,e lilll did nothing t-o interfere i, tvith the conciliation rii. tcliinerv now in active operation. Tho Government had f been engaged in petting up Whitley Councils in different industries with the solo object of establishing means of com- munication between employers and em- < ployed The three parts of the Bill were all parts of the same problem, and it was ■ convenient and right that they should be 'aealt with together He agreed that the personnel of the Courr of Inquiry was a matter of importance They ought to be persons who could be trusted They would be modelled on the lines of the Interim Arbitration Courts In regard to the Courts of Inquiry it wag the intention und endeavour of the Government to play fair No possible harm could be done by seeking information in order to prevent ilisastrong strikes. MR. WIGNALL PRAISES ARBITRA- irinti Mr. Wignall (La.b.) was glad to hear 'he 'hon. gentleman give the assurance that whatever was set up under the Bill would not interfere with any of the exis- •; bing machinery for dealing with Labour M — j- (Continued at foot of next column). troubles which had worked so satisfac- tory for many years. He, personally, had worked very hard in the past to establish Conciliation. Boards, and, realising the success which had attended them, he was desirous that nothing should interfere with their continuance. They could now understand the value of conciliation and arbitration as contrasted with the brutal arbitrament of the strike and lock-out. The amendment was rejected, and the Bill was read a second time. "7-

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