Tokomaru Bay Wharfies Please Minister
WELLINGTON, August .2. The Minister ■ of Labour, Mr. Mc Lagan, said tonight that he had received a telegrsm from the secretarv of the Tokomaru Bay branch of the New Zealand Waterside Workers ' Union stating that members flf - felubranch had, by vote, decided to dissoci ate themselves from the policy of tfh national union in respect of restricter! hours of work and had requested tlu restoration of the guaranteed wage at the port. The Minister added that the action of members at this port was to be com mended and that he had today signed an order restoring the commission forrp of cojitrol to that port and the benefits which go with it, including the payment of a guaranteed wage.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 August 1949, Page 5
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