A TRAMWAY STRIKE.
Meibou&Nß February 19. The tramway union men have resolved to go out on strike The dispute has arisen from a demand made by the union, that apprentices should join the union before going on the cars. The Tramway Trust declined to accede to this demand. The quarrel has been going on for some time but it now teems to be coming to a head, from three to five hundred men are expected to go out on strike. The Company is taking measures to cope with the difficulty so that tbe traffic may not be interfered with, and are offering extra inducements to those of their employees who remain faithful. Tbe men assert that tbe company intend to get live hundred men from Dunedin to take the place of tbose who may go "out on strike, and the Union have written, lo tbe teamen's Union, asking them to take such steps as may be practicable to prevent men being ..hipped. Many of the strikers hold driving licenses and intend to run vehicles m opposition ' to the trams.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1766, 14 February 1888, Page 3
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179A TRAMWAY STRIKE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1766, 14 February 1888, Page 3
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