CO-OPERATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYED
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I notice in your widely read journal your advocacy of closer and more harmonious co-operation between employers and employed, and I thought you might like to know that, while so many people have been talking about better relation. ships, my Company has been doing its utmost, in a practical manner, to bring this highly desirable state of affairs into actual existence, for a number of years.
I am sending you two copies of our magazine, which was commenced eight years ago. This quarterly journal has had a wonderful effect upon our men, who look forward to each issue with eagerness, and when it is issued, literally tumble _over each other to get it, and, if possible, extra copies to send to their friends at home and abroad. It thus not only links up our present and past employees of our North Shields and of our South Bank (Middlesbro') yards and works, but pro- motes a spirit of pride in the Company and deep interest in its doings and in its prospects.
The new spirit which has resulted from the efforts of my Directors has not only borne fruit in our own establishments, but has spread amongst the people in the towns in which they are situated. It has been a steady growth, and has taken deepest root in the minds of the youths who are trained in our works, a goodly number of whom carry it with them to other districts at home, and quite markedly to Colonial parts in which they have found employment.
In the magazine issued in April, 1925, which was a special souvenir number, you will find details of our Welfare Scheme. At that date we had an establishment at South Shields, in addition to those already referred to. That was closed down owing to the slump in 1921-2. The October number will show the close intimacy which exists between employers and men. Pages 204-6 show directors, managers, foremen, and workers in one of the many sporting contests which take place in our own Recreation Parks. Pages 207-15 show the boys' side of the picture.—I am, Sir, &c., JAMES ROBINSON, Editor and Manager of the Journal, and Head of Welfare Dept. Smith's Dock Company Limited. North Shields.
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