LOCAL WORKERS
ciroular on new ;:- : -~>i: ZEALAND POSITION. . In view of .the statement of the West ; Coast miners' leaders that the strike .was, against'the: Military: Service Act, '■;find, that thieyhad no. quarrel with the . 'employers, it" is' interesting to read 't-'vi..'circular issued by' the secretary, to .ithe Australasian Coal and Shale' Employees' Federation. (Mr. A. C' Willis) • to the various lodges of the union. The .circular states: "The trouble in Now Zealand has arisen owing to the refusal • of the employers to grant increases in wages and other benefits claimed by the employees on account of the abnormal increase in the cost of living. ':■• The employees have'been 'negotiating '.' for months without any satisfactory results. , ..'-.- They have tried every peaceful method of getting redress for their grievances,. Most of their, prominent leaders - have' been put in gaol .-'■} under the conscription law. The men 'have now in sheer desperation been ,- - compelled -to resort' to • the strike ,'■' weapon in. order to get a living 1 ■ w?.ge."' '■;■■"'■
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3062, 25 April 1917, Page 6
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163LOCAL WORKERS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3062, 25 April 1917, Page 6
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