The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 37
2.—Objects
2.— Objects.
The objects of the Council shall be:—
1. | To better the condition of the working classes; to assist each other in maintaining the eight hours' principle; and to give moral assistance in cases of dispute in all trades and other bodies of working men who may join the Council. |
2. | To obviate as far as possible the necessity for "strikes," by a careful and patient investigation of subjects in dispute between employers and employes; and by undertaking, in conjunction with the parties interested, the settlement by arbitration of disputes. |
3. | To use every legitimate means to obtain a a proper representation of labor in the Legislature of the Colony. |