MEN PAID OFF.
WATERSIDE WORKERS.
DIRT MONEY DISPUTE. WELLINGTON, this day. Because of a dispute over dirt money on the Canterbury Shipping Company's motor ship Breeze at Wellington on Wednesday afternoon, the waterside workers concerned were paid off yesterday morning. No further men would accept engagement on the Breeze, end as a result the vessel was idle from 9 a.m. On Wednesday afternoon the watersiders asked for 4d an hour extra dirt money for handling leaking casks of pelts. This was thought excessive, and they were offered 3d an hour, which was refused. The men were thereupon discharged, and when a call was made for working the Breeze yesterday the men engaged refused to lift their discs. The Waterfront Commission holds that a breach of the order of the commission has been made, and has announced that the men concerned will be penalised. Following a conference this morning it was decided that the men should return to work pending settlement of the trouble.—(Press Assn.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 230, 27 September 1940, Page 3
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164MEN PAID OFF. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 230, 27 September 1940, Page 3
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