GISBORNE WATERSIDE DISPUTE

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 41, 12 November 1920, Page 7

GISBORNE WATERSIDE DISPUTE

i f _■ ♦ -. NO ALTERATION IN POSITION. ' By Telescranh—Press Association. [ Gisborne, November 11. _ 1 There was no alteration in tho'posii- tion of tho waterside deadlock up' to noou °T4ie'employers liav© received a".letter ■ from tho uniMi claiming that, owing w . tho dispute only involving four. men. not the whole, union, the lockout was unjust; also that tho employers had th*-power • through tho Arbitration Act to deal with ■ these men. The. union maintained that tho employers committee? a breach ot tne , agreement by locking out members who -, were not concerned in the dispute, and _-, hoped the employers would Temedy the , same'in order to allow uninterested mem. . ; t bers to proceed to work. • , - The employers' reply states that iiie I men concerned should Have continued ; > their work and referred tho matter to ■ hi proper authorities for sett ement. -. * The terms ot tho agreement laid .down 9 enecific conditions, which members, ot " the union wero not carrying out. it 1 the terms of clause 45 were complied . with, and tho men, or four others,.re- , sumed work on the TPairburn, v work would also bo resumed on. all forthwith. „ ,_. Tho Ripple is still at the wharf. No attempt was mado to work tho Mararoa's cargo last night. Br Teleeraiih—Press Association n " , Gisborne, November 11. ) The position on the waterfront" is: un- , * changed, the employers insisting.thatthe , i original four, men must work, the I>anburn,' and the watersiders insisting .on ■• six men. Owing, to no work being , available tho carters employed by .Claike , and Claro have teen given a v,ceks notice, also tho lightermen emßloyed b> , the Gisborno Shecpfarmers Frozen. , Referring to a telegram from Welling- j ton pnblislied in tho newspapers staling ; that the mon had been instructed to go t back to work pending the decision of tho * Disputes Committee, the watersiders pre- ' sident, -Mr. Thomas, said lie bad ref ceived no intimation from headquarters " Tjeyond a iccommendntioii that thoMlisc pu'te bo confined to the Fairburn. .. • ,