Changed Outlook of Trade Unions T HE sixth annual dinner of
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the Lincolnshhc Transport Association was held at Lincoln on February 27, when Mr_ C. P. Ablett, president of the goods section, was in the chair. Capt. H. N. Newsum spoke of the changed conditions of industrial life and said that bitter conflict between employer and employed can be just as futile and just as disastrous as war between nations. The advantages of settling differences by preliminary investigations and subsequent round-table conferences are, he added, now realized.
Capt. Newsum spoke of the changed outlook of trade unionism, and said that it no longer exists as the bargaining instrument for the price of labour, but is seeking a new status—a recognition that its organization must co-operate in helping to solve the thousand and one problems with which commerce is faced.
Mr. Ablett said that conditions in the transport world seemed, at the moment, to be in an awkward state. Efforts had been made during the past year to put road-haulage rates on a proper basis, and a deputation had met representatives of the railway company in an endeavour to obtain fair working conditions with competitive bodies. Ile referred to the fact that the Association had been able, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Farmers Union, to agree upon rates for the haulage of sugar beet during the past campaign, which were beneficial to growers and hauliers.
The legal department has done useful work in obtaining licences for members.