RIGHTS DENIED

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1932, Page 5

RIGHTS DENIED

PY GOVERNMENT

TO P. AND T. ASSOCIATION

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, May 17

It was announced to-day that tne Government has withdrawn its recog-. nit ion of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ As« Nvition; In conseaua'!'' • of the Lumen-ment * action, tho 101 l >winc "'v. L-sr •* :i "’. no longer available to the Association or’to its members: — The collection of the subscriptions by the Department, fee which a eha.ge was made.

The right of the delegates to atteue the meetings of the Association on full pay up to ten days in,each year. The right of the paid officers the Association to enter upon the Post Office properties to see the staff and to discuss their conditions.

The right to put the Association s notices up in the post office. The right of representatives and the right of the Association to represent the employers’ case to the Department and to the Ministry. The possibility of other Civil SeP'viot* Organisations receiving the same 'treatment as tbe Post and Telegraph Employees Association cannot bo overlooked, It was ascertained tin's morning that the' Government is watching the position very closely, and that it will not hesitate to take, action should circumstances warrant it.

• “Tn the case of the Post 'and Telegraph Employees’ Association, it was felt by the Government that an intolerable position had arisen—it was absolutely impossible to carry on under such'! conditions,” said a member of the Government to-dav.

. The Post and Telegraph paper, “The lintipo” will no longer be permitted in the Post Offices