NO STRIKE PROPOSED
(Press Assn.
MAJORITY qf RE^IgF WORKERS AGAINST STRIKE-
" VERY DEFINITE FIGURES.
— By Telegraph— Copyright). .
Wellington, Fridqy "There is nothing in it," said an official of the National Union to-day, when questioned eoncerning th'e rumofir that a national strike pf unemployed is under consideration, " * "He added that a rircuiar letter asfe,ing hranches of the Union to express ' their views pn the subject hqs, been spnt to all parts of the Domjnion, pnd the replies indicate alniost unanimous opppsition to a strike. The exceptions were Ilawke's Bay and a section of relief workers jn Wellington pumbering not more than 400. A vqte taken at the Sutherland Crescent job showed 40 opposing a strike and eight in favour,* and at the Winter Show job, where a secret ballot was taken, there was a large majority against the proposal. Summed up, out of 43,000 men 1500 were in favour of a national strike.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 578, 8 July 1933, Page 5
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