PLUMBERS' UNION
HALF-YEARLY MEETING, ' Tlie half-yearly" meeting of the Plumbers' Union was 'held in tho Trades liall last night, Mr. J'! M'Laren presiding. " • The half-yearly balance-sheet, which was adopted, showed tho' finances of tho nnion to.be in a satisfactory .position. The sum of £37 had been paid out in sick benefits, while thirty hew members had been elected to the union. _ , A resolution was passed cjeploring .the engagement on the troopships of plumbers' assistants in preference to journeymen plumbers, also the fayt that some plumbers.: had accepted'; such employment at lower than the award rates, of pay. ~ Another motion ,was passed protesting against tho treatment of invalided soldiers at Trentham, and upholding the action of Dr. Thacker. ' ' : Mr. F. Harrison was elected president of the union, and Mr. W. Cropp vice-president.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 11
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131PLUMBERS' UNION Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 11
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