Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-03-30 | Page 9 | To Make Picketing Legal

TO MAKE PICKETING LEGAL Britain's Trades Dispute Hill Bill Bi May fay In In- In sole olo Ministry In Iii Defeat london London March Maceli 29 It I It is i conceded on all al hands that the governments government's railus rades disputes bill 1111 hil introduced In the he th house of oC commons la last t night must be radically amended or 01 It will wi In Involve In- In volvo volve the ministry in iii defeat defeat The governments government's governments government's gov gov- In Inlaw Inlaw Inlaw bill hi proposes to embody law the principles that no act committed com coin b by a trade union Is actionable If the same Mme act committed b by an In- In 11 l dl nul Is not and that peaceful picketing Is legal legal completely satisfy These Thes proposals tho the labor element The The- government breaks with this element and probably probably ably abl with wih the th bulk bul of the liberal Iberl majority majority ma ma- Joll when It I proposes t to make e the funds of or the unions liable lable for or th the authorized nets acts of the unions and their representatives rhe The labor members and their friends want these fun abl absolutely exempted from rota liability The They demand a return to the Ito principle principle pIe which was as unquestioned thirty years ars before the thc Taff Vale decision that a labor union can cnn neither sue nor be sued rhe The conservatives regard this as s a a n proposal to establish h thu Ow trades unions In a n privileged po position llon before the Jawand law Jaw lawand lawand and assert sert that it would set all nl sorts ort for similar of organizations clamoring treatment treatment The They also denounce the the proposal to abolish the law of con- con as applied to trades unions union and anti declare that peaceful Picketing will Inevitably amount to Intimidation