PETONE GASWORKS DISPUTE
STATEMENT BY UNION SECRETARY
A report that the Petone gasworks had teen declared "black" as the result oi tho present dispute between the council and the men, was referred on Saturday to Mr. L. Glover (secretary ot tho ’ Gasworkers' Union), who would neither deny nor confirm it. It the works were "black," supplies of coal for the council might bo imperilled, nnd °utrKide unions might become involved in stated that the dispute concerned the right of a trades union to be recognised under the Arbitration Act. Trades union organisations were recognised by the law of New Zealand and it appeared rather remarkable that a borough council, which believed in election by the people, should deny a right that had been conceded by law. lhe Wellington Gasworkers’ Union, of which the men dismissed at Petone were members, was registered under the Arbitra tion Act, and any person employed, oi intending to be employed as a manunl worker in or about any gasworks in the Wellington industrial district, otner than Wanganui or Napier, could become a member on paying the entrance fee of 5s and the quarterly subscription of 7s Gd. The registration of the Wellington union did not apply to Napier or ■Wanganui, where separate unions were registered. After the old agreement had expired, continued Mr. Glover, negotiations were put in train for fresh conditions, but after the council had asked that he put tho new proposals in writing, he received a reply that the council had decided not to enter into anv further agreement with his union. Tho police have decided that the picketing of the works must cease, and constables have teen detailed to see that this is done. Over the week-end the supply of gas to Hutt and Petone consumers was again curtailed between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
THE ASSAULT ON ROBERT DICK. Robert Dick, one of the newly-engaged stokers, who was set upon by three men in the vicinity of 'Jaita while proceeeding home on his motor-cycle about o o’clock on Friday evening, told a Dominion renorter on Saturday that during the scuffle with his assailants he was dealt a blow on the temple, and in an endeavour to free himself his shoulder was wrenched. He sough., refuge in Mr. Kilminster’s house, from which he subsequently proceeded by bus to Ixn^® r Hutt, his motor-cycle having been re dered useless-presumably by his attackerg—by the removal of tho valves and the lamp. Mr. Dick, who resides at Upper Hutt, caught the train a. Lower Hutt, and arrived home a little afte. 9 p.m. “In all probability I shall be able to resume work on Monday. he stated. The police aro conducting >v strict investigation.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 227, 20 June 1921, Page 6
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453PETONE GASWORKS DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 227, 20 June 1921, Page 6
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