LEVY NOT PAID
WATERSIDE WORKERS. REMOVAL OF NAMES. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 3. An interesting development took place to-day in the position created by the action of the Wellington branch of the Waterside Workers’ Union in removing from the register the names of a number of members who had failed to make payment of the £1 levy toward the Labour daily newspaper fund. Mr Bennett (manager of the Wellington Co-operative Waterside Labour Employment Association) stated that the manager of the Waterside Labour Bureau had received a letter from the secretary of the Wellington Union (Mr Johnson), together with seven sheets of names of the men who were said to be unfinancial members and who could not be employed by the bureau. “I have replied to' the effect that under the current award, which is still in existence, clause. 50 (-preference) provides that an employer must employ members of the union who are willing to undertake work before employing non-unionists,” said Mr Bennett. “As the secretary’s letter states that these are unfinancial members, it is evident that the men concerned are still members of the union. “The question of their being unfinancial is a domestic matter and no concern of the employers. Therefore, any of the men named in the list who are required tomorrow for work that they usually undertake, will be engaged by the bureau in the normal manner. Regarding men who have been taken from tlieir jobs by the union, the responsibility for any claims by these men is a matter for the union to deal with. “It appears to be unfortunate that the secretary of the Wellington branch did not approach the employers before action was taken,” Mr Bennett added. Although no confirmation was available to-day, it is believed that about 400 members of the union have failed to pay the levy. Yesterday nearly 50 men were taken off their jobs by the union, and it is understood that quite a fair number, of others were prevented from starting work to-day.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 132, 4 May 1940, Page 8
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335LEVY NOT PAID Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 132, 4 May 1940, Page 8
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