Conciliation

Conciliation, the settling of disputes without litigation, as (1) disputes between railway companies and freighters of goods, by the Minister of Labour under s. 31,commonly called the 'conciliation clause,' of the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 25); or (2) disputes between employers and workmen by a conciliator appointed by the Minister of Labour under the Conciliation Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 30), as amended by the (English) New Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 68), s. 2, and S.R. & O. 1917, No. (46), p. 419. The Minister is empowered to register 'conciliation boards' for a similar purpose. The Conciliation Act repealed the (English) Masters and Workmen (Arbitration) Act, 1824, the (English) Councils of Conciliation Act, 1867, and the (English) Arbitration (Masters and Workmen) Act, 1872, the Act of 1824 not having been enforced for half a century and the Acts of 1867 and 1872 not having been enforced at all. Consult Howell's Handy Book of the Labour Laws; Cohen and Howell's Trade Union Law.