ANOTHER STRIKE. +. Till-: BOOTMAKERS' UNION AND GAItliETT BKOS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 294, 29 August 1888, Page 4

ANOTHER STRIKE. +. Till-: BOOTMAKERS' UNION AND GAItIiETT BKOS.

A TUVDh dispute has arisen in connection with the boofcmaking trade, and lebultiug in the Bootmakers' Union calling out all their members in the employ ot ( iarrettßi os. , Waketield-street, at 12 o'clock to-day. We tire informed however, by Mr Gan-ett that the men declined this invitation, and that they are expected to resume work on Monday morning as usual. The history of the trouble, irom the Union point; of view is as follows : — The master bootmakers have a Union, Avith which Garrett Bros, are not associated, and the\ complained that Garrett Bros, had an advantage over members of the Association inasmuch as they were allowed to employ a very large number of boys and improvers. A communication was sent by the Masters 3 Association to the Bootmakers' Union, asking them to put Garrett, Bros, on the same footing as the Masters' Association as regards the number of apprentices employed in proportion to the number ot journeymen, and also as regards the beale of pay signed by the Masters' Association. The Union was also asked to see that Messrs Garrett Bros, discharged their improvers. Subsequently some correspondence passed between the Bootmakers Union and Garrett Bros. , and the demands made were not acceded to. The consequence was that all the Union men in the employ of that firm were called upon to strike at noon to-day. Mr Garrett informed a reporter this after - doon that all his men had left the factory at 12 o'clock, as usual, and that they had no intention of going on strike. He added that ho paid several of them £3 18s for their weeks woik, and he did not fancy that they would throw that up to oblige the Union. As for the cause of the strike, Messrs Garrett Brothers assert that it has arisen solely through trade jealousy. They do not belong to the Masters Association, but at the same time they claim to employ no more boys in proportion to journeymen thau any other factory. This is how the matter stands at present, and it; remains to be seen whether the men who are " called out" will obey the Union, or stand by their employers. •