AUCKLAND BUILDERS TAKE FIRM STAND
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a u (. LVLJ Ais u) i-'eb. LO. A special meeting of the Auckland Alaster Builders' Association and other eniployers of carpenters and joiners, tonight decid.id to adhe.re to docisioES
i j reaelied at the special meeting a few 2 weeks ago. These were not to increase E the wage of anv. carpenter (luriiig tlie I period of the dispute, not to emplov I additional labour for the duration of 1 the dispute or for 14 days afterwards 8 without the consent of the previous em- | ployer; Where carpenters signiiied their ! intention to go-slow, to worlc a maxx- I mum of 40 hours for the duration of tlie | dispute on snch contracts and to give | tlie executive full power to act. . I The opinion that the entire trade | should revert to tlie 40-hour week if the | dispute was not settled satisfactorilv, 2 .was strongly expressed by some spe; k- I e'rs. Tliey .also advised builders to 1 revert to minimum award rates of 4, wages. . ... . • i
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 February 1948, Page 7
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174AUCKLAND BUILDERS TAKE FIRM STAND Chronicle (Levin), 17 February 1948, Page 7
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