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a)(( - • > r AUSTRALIAN <fe N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] LABOUR TROUBLE. * 4 . b; When the engjiieprs jind boj}ej.'innkers reported for duty, they were askeil to sign pij. agregpippl tg 'work fprfyr . eight hours. A iaj-gp pumjipr pf ijtejft > refused. They werp to)d that fbejr spfr vices were not wanted. Tho mSU ftfler leaving tiio shops, then pj>pcpedpd to Trades Hall, There they expressed their intention “of seeing tills fight through.” Their leaders claim the man have been locked out. They express fears there will be a big extension of the trouble. The Clyde works refused to grant any concession to men. Some 220 of the men then rpfusec] tg commence >vork. The naval dockyards §Q f a P arp jipt effected. .The Union leaders are examining the legal aspects of the employers action, with a vjew to prosecuting them on behalf of individual employees. The Cabinet wll consider flip matter to-morrow.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1920, Page 2
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