Labour Relations Officers

IT was disclosed in a statement in the House of Commons lately that so called “Labour Relations Officers” have been selected in Britain from the ranks of deserving trade unionists, and sent out to various British Colonial Gov ernments, to deal with labour matters.

The names of 17 such officials were given, and they have been distributed throughout the African colonies, South east Asia and West Indies. The nature of their duties was not made clear.

Twenty years ago, they would have been described, probably, simply as “agitators.”

Now, they are Government officials, and are paid by the British taxpayers to “deal with labour problems.”

The published record shows that Mr. M.

E. Hollister-Short, who was a member of the Transport and General Workers Union, was appointed to Fiji, as Labour Relations Officer.