ABSENTEE MINERS
SHARP COMMENT
CONFERENCE THIS WEEK
Sharp comment on the action of miners at Glen Afton and other mines in the Huntly district in failing to appear on Saturday despite the fact that they had agreed to work on alternate Saturdays from May to September to relieve the coal shortage, was voiced by a representative of the owners to-day.
"The whole thing is a farce," he said. "The Government has introduced legislation compelling workers in essential industries to attend work regularly, and here is a glaring instance where the regulations have been deliberately flouted." He added that the Mac Donald Mine was able to work on Saturday, but not at full capacity. At Glen Afton the absenteeism was such that work was impossible. On the previous working Saturday the attendance had been most disappointing.
It is understood that the question of absenteeism will be discussed among other matters at a conference between the Government and representatives of the coalmine owners in Wellington this week.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 121, 25 May 1942, Page 6
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