Power given to Small Elite

The new arrangement will be headed by an Industrial Relations Council, with members from the F.O.L., the state page 9 [unclear: e] Employers Federation, the [unclear: oying] authorities, two [unclear: govern-trtment] heads and the [unclear: Minister.] It will be a fairly [unclear: nebulous] authority to make [unclear: recommen-] manpower programmes, codes [unclear: ial] practices, industrial [unclear: legisla- he] promotion of industrial [unclear: rela- industrial] welfare. The danger [unclear: ngement] is that it entrenches [unclear: he] hands of a small elite of [unclear: epresentatives] who, once [unclear: ap- hall] serve for three years [unclear: regard- ther] or not they continue to [unclear: support] of their sponsoring [unclear: org-] Furthermore the Council will [unclear: weighted] against the employees [unclear: e] interests of Government and [unclear: are] fundamentally in harmony.

[unclear: day] problems, disputes, award [unclear: ns] etc., will mainly fall within [unclear: ction] of an Industrial [unclear: Commis- idustrial] Court. The [unclear: Commis- versee] the operation of the [unclear: Con- nd] Mediation services. In the [unclear: ections] dealing with these [unclear: pro- e] just been rewritten from [unclear: gislation].