The Slaughtermens’ Dispute.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43066, 9 March 1907, Page 3

The Slaughtermens’ Dispute.

CHRiISTCaUROff, This Day, "Both sides in the slaughtering dispute still stand firm. The manager of the Christchurch Meat Company states that he may be able to do with- . out the old hands as new hands are coming in steadily and they have, now forty killing. The men say tba f they will not pay the fines, and as they have no property they do not consider enforcement possible. . Auckland, This Day The newly-formed slaughtermens’ has formulated demands on the master butchers for the same rates as in the South, and demanded an - answer by 5 o’clock to-day. It is understood that if the men cease work they will make arrangements to enable . the employers to maintain the meat r~-supply for domestic use. • The, pew slaughtermens’ union has .'prepared a log which has been forwarded to the employers. The men’s list 6f demands is a long one, the principal of which are that slaughtermen killing freezers or preservers shall receive 3s per head for beef and 25s per 100 for mutton or lamb and 2s per head for pigs: that the hours of labour per week shall not exceed forty-eight and that preference be given to unionists. On the basis of existing awards payment for overtime is also provided for. The rates for all classes of slaughterhouse workers are included in the demands. Mr H. Gh Stringer, of the Auckland Farmers’ Freezers Company, states that under the new log, the men would make from £lO to £l2 per week.