THE SHEARERS' UNION

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1648, 29 August 1887, Page 3

THE SHEARERS' UNION

Itafertlng to the v^\ ter of the Shearers' pnlon, the ■' Moa nt Ida Chronicle " learns ftopj » reliable eouroe that the sheeplaimers of OUgo and Canterbury, while Admitting the right of the men to form a union and declining up to the present time to enter into a bond not to employ nnion men, have determined that if the •xtraordinary rales promulgated by the men for the management of sheds are penlitod In the most energetic retaliatory meaaarei will at once be set about. The prinolpal objection seems to be to the manner of engaging the men, and it has been unanimously agreed to engage atrlotly en the present system, as well as to pay the present price. If the rales are not altered It 4a understood that m the mont^ of October aU tfae aheepfarmert will ndlVertlsifor from 10 to 20 learners, principally ladflVrad yonn^'men, who will be assigned ji thousand 'sheep or so between them to try tbelr 'prentica bands upon, and will be guaranteed engagements throughout the season. '?jtee passes £or a few shipfaty of shearers will also be arranged alter the termination of the Australian ieason', and it is expected that by this me am about 500 learners and about as ttany good Australian shearers will be teady for "Sh.e'^ew «eason. No union ihealen are under any 1 o'roumstanceß to wTemployed a'£' any work eioept shearing (hronghoat the year.