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Show CUTS IN WAGES TO BE FOUGHT Australians Urge Restriction Restric-tion in Output If Pay Is Reduced e.iui, a. o. t ., uci e. me Tabor Council of New South Wales has Issued a manifesto, advocating restriction re-striction of output aa ono means of opposing wage reductions and u boycott boy-cott against any rrUill firm that seeks to reduce wages ,1s under consideration. considera-tion. The manifesto urged that the place to deal with employers Is in the workshop on the job and that the workers "must tight the doctrine of wage reduction to the last ditch." "The employers sHI thelr commodities commodi-ties at the best price obtainable and the workers miisl sell their only commodity their labor power at the be.st pricr they can obtain from thir employers," the document continued, "when the employers restrict the output out-put ln order to maintain prices, their action is considered solid business. The workers consider that they should restrict their output of labor to maintain Its price. They will not countenance ono rule for the employers employ-ers and another for the employes ' The manifesto declared that thv employers are abandoning every avenue ave-nue of conr illation and urged the consideration of action to restrict out-' put to correspond with the reduction of wages and lengthening of houn and the exposuro of dishonest trading trad-ing and profiteering. Several of the lss militant unions refused to accede to tlin tnnnUi.atn it Tim o A meeting of trades union secretaries secre-taries and organizers hnanlrnousiy I adopted a resolution Instructing the ! secretary of the labor council to ad- vise all unions to declare a boycott against a certain large retail firm of men's clothing dealers because the firm had approached the state arbitration arbi-tration court and sought a reduction In Its empoyles' wages The conference confer-ence also decided that tho unions should be ask-d whether they wen-prepared wen-prepared to stand by the boycott principle and a conference of two delegates from each union will be! held to consider othor schemes to' combat wage decreases. i |