CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1906, 14 November 1913, Page 9

CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES

A RUSH BACK TO WORK; (By "Telegraph.— Press Association.) Auckland,, November 13. "There is a ( rush back to work on both sides," saidjtho Mayor(Mr. 0. J. Parr) when referring to tho developments in connection with tho striko. "In tho suburbs I notice that there aro many artisans at Work who-were not working yesterday. With regard to our own City Council employees," continued the Mayor,..".we have had a most gratifying response to the notice which I had inserted in yesterday's newspapers. Out of a total staff of 500, 407 reported for work at 8 o'olock' this morning. Theso men will be taken on again. Indeed, over, three.hundred of them aro working to-day. I should say that over 140 men have stood loyally to the city throughout, so that wo could have kept tho city services going no matter what had happened. The council employs 50 carters. These men reported themselves this morning. Twenty of them are at work on tho city garbage sorvice, and have been all'along. Tho other men, engaged- mostly on metal carts, stated that thoy were anxious to get back to work, but asked for a day's grace'in order .to see what decision the union would come to to-day. They have been given a day in which to mako up their minds. . Independent of the strike, it would seem that there are a good,many men out of work in Auckland, and each morning brings a budget of fresh applicants for positions on the council's gtaff of permanent workmen.''