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PRIOR THERIP1NOR
PIETY!, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1943.
NO. 3,074.
Workers, technicians, managers and shareholders are all in the business together with a common interest and a common object, to serve the community by increasing the prosperity of all.
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Points from Important Statement . . . Issued in Nature of Interim Report . *Industrial Democracy Advocated and What it Means A draft
plan of action as "a first step towards the realisation of a
new social and industrial order based on Christian principles- has been issued in London by the Catholic Sword of the Spirit organisation. The statement is issued as an interim report with a view to provok-
ing discussion leading to constructive suggestions for consideration before the publication of a final report.
Points from the plan of action are: 1. In each industry there should be established a council representing management (including ownership), technicians and workers. 2. The members of the council will be the employers' associations and the trade unions concerned. In order that these organisations may speak for all engaged in the industry, all employers or managers and all employees in each industry are to become members of their association or trade union. Where no such association or trade union exists, it should be formed for the purpose. 3. By this means all engaged in the industry will be represented on an equal footing in the governinb body
of that industry.... oi Industry 4. A General Council should be established to co-ordinate the activities of the councils in all matters affecting industry as a whole. The general council to be repre5. sented in the Legislature and to play a prominent part in framing legislation affecting industry in accordance with the principles of social justice and :n eliminating unemployment. In order to ensure the permanent representation of the general council, pro-
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vision should be made for its inclusion in a revised Second Chamber.
In each factory or business a 6. committee should be formed (if not already established representing managers, technicians and workers to advise upon matters of mutual interest. 7. Industrial Democracy means a system in which each industry is recognised as being a corporate whole, consisting of all those who are engaged in it. Workers, technicians, managers and shareholders are all in the business together with a common interest and a common object, to serve the community by increasing the prosperity of all. i
Just Living Wage. The object of the council in each industry will, therefore, be to establish a working partnership of all concerned in the industry: (a) In framing the broad policy of the industry so as to keep production in relation to consumption; (b) In all matters affecting the continuity and conditions of service and welfare of the workers, including the establishment of a just family wage, and of a fair standard of work, pensions, vocational training, entry and recruitment of labour, etc. It should be recognised that the first
No industrial reorganisation can succeed which does not carry with it the revival and maintenance of a sound and prosperous agriculture. .
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charge on industry as a whole is a just living wage determined by: (i.) An agreed standard of work; (ii.) An agreed minimum average family; (iii.) The assumption that a wife should not have to work to supplement the wages to a living wage. (c) In regulating prices and quality of goods. It is consistent with democratic freedom to require from those engaged in an industry a minimum standard of craftsmanship and the production and sale of a sound article at a fair price. 8. The council of each industry will also undertake as one of its essential duties to protect the interest of the `small man" equally with those of large groups. Small businesses will be required to organise groups without losing their identity. Oode of Practice. 9. A code of fair practice should be established by the joint industrial coun-
cils and enforced by an impartial tri-
bunal established by the State, 10. industry and the Consumer. There must be no "unholy alliance" of workers and industrialists against the interests of the consumer. The consumer will be protected against monopoly by price control or other safeguards, and the State will watch consumers' interest and intervene where necessary. 11. Factory Centres. In industries where it is practicable. consideration should be given to planning and establishing factory centres. consisting of the most modern buildings complete with heating, power supply, air-conditioning, etc. 12. Industry and Agriculture. . No industrial reorganisation can succeed which does not carry with it the revival and maintenance of a sound and prosperous agriculture. (Continued on Back Cover.) .
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