WATERSIDE DISPU[?] STILL UNSETTLED

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5283, 20 December 1946, Page 4

WATERSIDE DISPU[?] STILL UNSETTLED

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FEDERATEON FAIM DROPPED BACK J GOVERNMENT'S LA|

-By T elegrayh—ConX

WELLINGTON, Last Nil Completely unchanged fi * its original form, thfe WJ front dispute was droj back to-day into the lap ofl Government. Far from ha J persuaded the Water! Workers' Union leaders toi ect their men to return to! mai working* hours M settlement is sought, thel cussions in the past twoj between the union andl Federation of Labour jl strengthened their dete J tion to maintain their il mum work protest untii fl claims are met. I The union, leaders were ablefl down arguments from one » J the federation that norma! H should he restored, if onlyM i salce of avoiding a major riip* | the economic life of the counM V i

It is now apparent 1 arguments lay the ehiei . Government for an ear j when it g*ave its hlessin'" ; of the federation to tall ! over with the union. But it turned out that | so strong a case that it 1 convince the federation | whole of the merits of i i The union may not h j far as to have g'ot the ; direct support from the | trial Labour movement, ' clear to-day that the dis ! served the purpose of r possibility of the Federa . our intervening in the oj , tion! | This result was coiw I the Government to-day a i ence in Parliament Build t It is believed that the i ' made it plain to the Gov they see as yet no reai their stand. They went ti ence pi'epared to reaffirm , week policy of protest m . tory steps are taken to four outstanding' claims- ; teed daily wage, wage ' restore the 25 per (tent. ® the hourly rate for unskil better accommodation, an tion of Saturday en/agei i . ^