Prison staff strike averted
The possibility of a total stoppage by prison officers has been averted by the appointment of a mediator to investigate the dispute. The Minister of State Services, Mr Rodger, said a Dunedin mediator, Mr Walter Grills, would investigate the dispute oyer pay rates for prison officers and report back to him.
Mr Rodger’s intervention in the dispute closely followed an announcement of proposed industrial action by prison officers.
This action would have included a total stoppage * on February 20, a sevenday work-to-rule, then a<further total stoppage 1 on'? February 28. ' Mr John McKenzie, secretary of the Canterbury branch of the Public Service Association, said . the industrial action ; had'jj been called off because of,;? ; the' appointment of the mediator. Prison officers would review the situation after ; Mr Grills had completed \ his report on the dispute, ’ Mr McKenzie said:
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Press, 15 February 1986, Page 8
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