FOXTON FLAXMILLS CLOSE.
WILL NOT RE-OPEN EXCEPT AT
LOWER WAGES.
.';. FOXTON, October 30
A general meeting of the. New Zealand Flaimilie,rs' Association w r as held at Foxton this afternoon when .'the following rcjsolutiont was unanimously carried after full and careful, discussion:— '■'....>■ The -millers look upon the pres- »» ent temporary arrangement, providing for la ten per cent, reduction on award rates as being solely an emergency measure to carry the industry on until hemp prices rise to a level at which award rates can be paid' and do not consider it in any sense as initiating a sliding scale. This meeting is of opinion that a sliding scale is , impracticable, believing that it would lead to endless trouble and friction between and employees. The local,mills have closed Avith no immediate piropect of re-opening as the union, demand award rates.
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Shannon News, 2 November 1928, Page 3
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139FOXTON FLAXMILLS CLOSE. Shannon News, 2 November 1928, Page 3
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