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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1919. 



bers of the Council as may serve the special purposes of the Council 

 vidded that on such committees— 



(a) The two sides of the Council shall be equally represented, 



embers shall serve only in 



The following named men constitute the employers' represen- 

 tatives : 



For The India Rubber Manufacturers' Association, Limited. 



The officers shall consist of 



cha 



""When""t'he"chair 



chairman shall be 



chairman (or, in his absence, the v 



ings, and shall have a vote, but no 



The Council shall be empowered 

 secretaries, and such clerical staff 

 powered to pay them such 



All • - . .. 



viccchair 

 3f the 



secretary 



operatives, the vice- 

 f the employers, and nVf versa. The 

 cechairman) shall preside at all meet- 



a casting vote. 

 appoint and maintain a secretary or 

 as It may think fit. It shall be em- 

 ration as it mav think fit. 

 officers shall be elected by the councO at its annual meeting 

 for a term of one year, and, subject to the condition that chairman or 

 vice-chairman from the employers' side shall be succeeded by a repre- 

 sentative from the operatives' side, shall be eligible for relection. 



MEETINGS OF THE COTTNCIL, 



The ordinary meetings of the Council shall be held as often as neces- 

 sary and not less than once a quarter. The meeting in July of each 

 year shall be the annual meeting. A special meeting shall be called on 

 the requisition of six members of the Council. Seven days' notice of such 

 meeting shall be given, and the business of the meeting stated in the 



Hugh C. Coles 

 J. T. Goudie, 



E. Healey, W. 

 Sir G. Charles 

 proofing Work 



The Leyland St Birming 



& A. Bates, Limited, Leices 

 Mandlebcrg, J, Mandleberg 

 ;, Manchester. 



Rubber Co., Limited, Leyl 

 Wi 



Co., Limited. 



Percha & Telegraph Works 

 icturers' Association, Limited, 



lid the bus 



VOTING. 



. as the Council may 

 egarded as carried unless it has been 

 nembers present on each side of the 



of the Council, 

 of the Council 



Stuart A. Russell, The India Rubber, Gutta 



Co., Limited, Silvertown, London. 

 William G. Wilson, The India Rubber Manuf 



Manchester, joint secretary. 



For The British Rubber Tyre Manufacturers' Association, 



]■. C. Baislcy, The Dunlop Rubber Co., Limited, Aston Cross, Birmingham. 

 F. W. Hinde, The Avon India Rubber Co., Limited, Mtlksham, Wilts. 

 Alexander Johnston, The North British Rubber Co., Limited, Castle Mills, 



Edinburgh. 

 R. H. Mallett, The Beldam Tyre Co., Limited, London. 



For The Rubber Shoe MANUFACrtiRERs' AssoaATioN. 



The Hon. F. H. Hamilton Smith, The New Liverpool Rubber Co., Limited, 

 Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool. 



A like number of operatives represent the Amalgamated So- 

 ciety of India Rubber, Cable and Asbestos Workers, National 

 Amalgamated Union of Labour, National Union of General 

 Workers, Workers' Union, Amalgamated Society of Gas, Mu- 

 nicipal and General Workers and the Waterproof Garment 

 Workers' Trade Union. 



Areas, Functions, and Constitution of District Councils, Adopted by the National Council at a Meeting Held at Montagu 

 House, Whitehall, London, September 25, 1918. 



AREAS OF DISTRICT COUNCILS. 



1. London District 4. Lancashire and District 



2. West of England. 5. Edinburgh District. 



3. Birmingham and the 6. Glasgow District. 

 Midlands District. 



FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT COUNCILS. 

 The main functions of the District Councils shall be as follows: 

 1. The consideration of any jiatters that may be referred to them by 



deputed to 

 by the 



To make recommendations to the National Joii 

 ny matters affecting the 



To take executive action within their respective districts in connec- 



ma ers ^|j^5^^^^^° 



within ten 



of 



shall be filled by the org 



year. 



8. COMMITTEES. 



Industrial Council 



the National Joint Industrial Co 

 district in connection with decisions arrived 

 National Council. 



ms to the Natioi 



vell-being of the 

 utive action within the 

 of purely local interest, includii _ 

 them bv works committees, subject to the right of the J 

 to require notice of all decisions, as per Clause 10 hereof, 

 days, to veto any such action if it be found to involve 

 other districts. The secretaries of the National Council shall cuuiniuiu- 

 cate to the District Councils within seven days from the receipt of the 

 minutes, as required by Oause 10 hereof, as to whether in the opinion 

 of the officers of the National Council such action is likely to involve the 

 interests of other districts, and a final decision must be made by the 

 National Council within a further fourteen days. If the National Council 

 do not exercise their right to veto any particular action of the District 

 Councils, such decisions shall come into operation retrospectively from the 

 date of the decision by the District Councils. 



4. Cooperation with the District Councils for other industries to deal 

 with problems of common interest. 



5. Where no adequate machinery exists for the settlement of differ- 

 ences between parties and sections of the industry, such differences as 

 cannot be settled within an individual factory or workshop shall be re- 

 ferred to the District Council, and failing a settlement by the District 

 Council, such differences shall be referred to the National Council. 



CONSTITUTION OF A DISTRICT COUNCIL. 

 6. MEMBEKSHIP, 



The Council shall consist of members, appointed as to one half 



by associations of employers, and as to the other half by the trade unions. 

 The unions shall be entitled to representation on District Councils in the 

 oroporlion of their members employed at the associated firms in the 

 respective areas. At least one member from each side of the National 

 Council shall be members of the District Council in their area. 



Associations of Employers. No. of Representatives. 



The District Council may delegate special powers to any cotninittee it 

 appoints. The reports of all committees shall be submitted to the District 

 Council for confirmation, except where special powers have been delegated 

 to the Committee, and the District Council shall have power to appoint on 

 committees ur allow committees to co-opt such persons of special knowl- 

 edge, not being members of the District Council, as may serve the special 

 purposes of the Council, provided that on such committees: 



(a) The two sides of the Council shall be equally represented, 



(b) An 



nembers 

 OFFICERS. 



shall serve only 



The officers shall consist of 

 secretaries and a treasurer or 



When a chairr 

 shall be a repre: 



(or, m his absence, the vice-chai 

 shall have a vote, but not a casti 



The District Council shall be 



^vt^ 



of the operatives, the vie 

 ployers, and z'ice versa. Th« 

 nan) shall preside at all mee 



cretary 

 ;-chairm 



empo 



shall be empowered to pay them such _ ._. . 



All honorary officers shall be elected by the Council at its annual meet- 

 ing for a term of one year, and, subject to the condition that a chairman 

 or vice-chairman from the employers' side shall be succeeded by a repre- 

 sentative from the operatives' side, sh.ill be eligible for reelection. 

 10. MEETINGS OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 

 The ordinary meetings of the District Council shall be held as often 

 as necessary and not less than once a quarter. The meeting in the month 

 of May shall be the annual meeting. A special meeting of the District 

 Council shall be called within seven davs of the receipt of a requisition 

 from one-third of the members of the District Council, with a minimum 

 of two. The matters to be discussed at such meetings shall be stated 

 upon the notice summoning the meeting. 



Copies of the minutes of all meetings of District Councils shall be 

 forwarded to each member of the National Council within one week 

 of the meeting. 



II. TOTING, 



Council and in the committees thereof, shall 

 wise as the District Council may determine, 

 i carried unless it has been approved by 

 each side of the District Council. 



embers on each side of the 



Total 



REAPPOINTMENT. 



appointment by the 



The voting, both in Distric 

 be by show of hands or otherwise 

 No resolution shall he regarded a 

 a majority of members present on 



18, QUORUM. 



The quorum shall be a majority of the 

 District Council. 



13. FINANCE. 



The expenses of the District Council shall be met by the two sides 

 of the (Council in equal proportions. 



14. RELATION OF DISTRICT COUNCILS TO THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL 

 COUNCIL AND TO THE GOVERNMENT. 



The functions and constitutions of District Councils shall be submitted 

 to the National Council for their approval. 



No communications shall be addressed to government departments by 

 District Councils, but must be forwarded through the National Industrial 



