THE RAILWAY DISPUTE.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17116, 11 April 1921, Page 7

THE RAILWAY DISPUTE.

~ *' GRIEVANCES OF E.F.C.A. \ No further development is reported in the dispute between the locomotive men on the railways and the Railway -Department (says Saturday's Welling'ton "Post"). The men have protested against an instruction of tho Depart' < zaent, regarding standing time, which . they (claim is a breach of the agree- , j dent under whioh all standing time was >i to'be paid for at ordinary rates, and r > work done as overtime, at overtime * "./fttea. The Grand Council, of tho En-Firomc-ns', and Cleaners' t| Association met yesterday, but made *■'. so pttblio announcement. In the abl texioe of tho Prime Minister and Minis* ~ ter of. Railways (Mr Massey), to whom > the protest was made, in the Toranaki "» district, the council has decided to wait '' a little while in order that the Minis- < te* may have ample opportunity to con- " -tsidfer their requests and reply. . "'„ (SPECIAL TO "THE FMSS.") ■WELLINGTON, April 10. i "/file loco. men. are still waiting for a replvctfroni the Minister of Railways protest against the new rule Mgttding standing time. They regard { thtitdlsputo "ffS a serious one, and some rdhthem are talking very angrily. >-" It'appears that their nrievanco is not -t confined to this rule. They insist that the Department has been unduly severe Vinvthe enforcement of the regulations /Against several drivers and firemen i '^lately. 1 \ Your correspondent was told by a i prominent railwayman that Mr Mas- < .say's oersonal intervention would be '\< required to prevent a stoppage of tho yj* railway service. * ( ~r * —*—————