RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9160, 1 June 1908, Page 5

RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

AND THEIR GRIEVANCES

Press Association

Auckland, June 1

President and General-Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, A. W. Veitoh and M. J. 'Mack, respectively were entertained by the Auckland branch at a smoke concert on Saturday evening. Mr Yeitch, in acknowledging the hearty welcome extended to the visitors, said that they had been instructed by the Council to visit various branches. Proposals which the Council had in hand for a general improvement in the condition of the service were submitted to the Minister in January last, and were practialiy all refused. They requested another interview as at the first one they had not had time to put the whole of their requirements pro’perly before the Minister, but they met with a flat refusal. What the Council now proposed was to place their demands by circular among members of Parliament, and of different branches of the Socitey. These demands included among other things a general increase in wages, owing to the increased cost of living, a universal 48 hours a week—such as prevailed in other branches of industry—and all civil and political rights, and better facilities for promotion from one grade to another. He submitted all these things were theirs by right and should be given.