THE AUCKLAND TRAM STRIKE.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16856, 9 June 1920, Page 8

THE AUCKLAND TRAM STRIKE.

TEEMS or SETTLEMENT. (pEiISS ASSOCI'.TTON TSLECEAM.) AUCKLAXD, June 8. The agreement arrived at between the City Council and the .Tramwaymen's Union representatives was submitted to a meeting of tho Union this morning and approved. ; The agreement sets out that the Council regarded- the action of the tramwavmen as a direct challenge, and accepted it as such, the' question being one of due recognition of the Council s authority. . The officers rft the Union express regret for tho action of the men, and the men desiro the same to be considered. The men give, and the Council accepts, their assurance that in future tlie tramway service "will 00 earned on in accordance with the agreement and under instructions by the management. The Council has no desire to victimise the men, and on the acceptance of the settlement will dee!arc that they are reinstated. Having regard to the loss and inconvcnience to the Council and the public, the Council agrees that tho men shall return to work forthwith, but shall receive no pay for the time lost during the strike. The men agree ta perform all tramway duties, including race traffic, which may bo allotted to them. , The settlement shall do operative forthwith, and the terns incorporated in the agreement existing ])rior to the strike. When these terms were submitted to Mr Roberts, representing the Transport Workers' Federation, the Mayor intimated that they were final, and the tramway representatives agreed to accent them. r Th:> tramwaymen assert, in a memorandum to the settlement, that the strike arose from an unfortunate misunderstanding of a communication between Auckland and Wellington, which led to unintended action, which was Tiot in any way premeditated, but which subsequently proved contrary to _ any intention of the Dominion Advisory Board, and not in accord with tho judgment of the local Union. This precipitated a crisis before it could be averted.