WHARF LABOURERS’ STRIKE.
Wku.ington, Feb. 28
Fifty men engaged in discharging cement from the Union Co.’s Wauaka, discontinued work on Saturday because they were not allowed to use hooks in handling the bags. The Wanaka has 5 00 tons of cement on board and it is estimated that 200 tons were discharged on Saturday before the men refused to continue work.
To-day a conference between the Union Co.’s manager, officials ot the Wharf Labourers’ Union, Mr P. Hally, Mr D. McLaren, M.P., and the Company’s shore foreman took place. The result was that an arrangement was arrived at that the men should return to work on the understanding that there were to be six men in each gang instead of four and that as soon as the Wanaka’s cement cargo is discharged a conference will be held to decide what practice (hooks or no hooks) shall be followed in the future.
When the decision was made known the men objected to go back under the circumstances stated, but eventually the necessary number was obtained. Some feeling was displayed by some of the men inasmuch as sixteen had offered to do the work of discharging with hooks ou the understanding that any man who tore the bags should be discharged.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 818, 1 March 1910, Page 3
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209WHARF LABOURERS’ STRIKE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 818, 1 March 1910, Page 3
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