WORK AND WAGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 166, 4 July 1908, Page 2

WORK AND WAGES.

A (JESEKAL aXRIiiE. By Telegraph.—Press Association, ' Wellington, Friday. the WclliiigU'ii Trades and Labor Couucil unanimously passed a reaolu-t ti<m extending sympathy anil promising assistance to the local bakers on strike. During the discussion frequent reference was mad;! tu the question ot declaring a general strike.

MA.NNL\'(J THE WKLLLMUTO.N BAK.EKIES.

Dunediu, Friday, Efforts have been made to get bakers here to proceed to Wellington to till the Strikers' plate, but it is understood t'hey have been unsuccessful, x'ra'etically all the bakers are fully employed here. Wellington, Last Night. ■

To-day the master bakers say their position is stronger, and that a lew days should see the end of tile trouble, so' far as they are concerned. The secretary states that the bakers have more than enough third hands available. They merely need a few second hands and a foreman. Two members of the Association have temporarily "pooled" t'lieir businesses. 'J'hey are working in one bakehouse and are keeping all their euatomers fully supplied. Delegates at' last night's meeting ot the Trades and Labor Council were unanimous iu supporting a resolution for extending to the bakers on strike ihe sympathy and assistance of the Council. It is stated that several of the speakers referred ill appreciative terms tu the loyalty of the members ot the union now on strike. They staled that many of the men had refused privateoilers by employers of wages Higher than the union was demanding, and had insisted on the terms of the union being agreed to by the whole of the employers before a single member ot the union would go back to work. "The old spirit of unionism was noticeable at the Trades Council's meeting," says one delegate. "The delegates expressed their detestation of any worker handling goods manufactured by 'black-leg' labor, and they, spoke of their personal determination to assist the bakers even if it went to the extent of urging wharf laborers, seamen, drivers, and other unionists handling Hour to cease work. The bakers were putting up a, good light, and it behoved every union to see that they were not beaten because of the fact, that some of 'their own members were supporting the masters against the men."

The general strike, however, has not got beyond the suggestion stage and does not seem likely to go further. LABOR DIri'KJULTiES. Auckland, Last Night. ••The farm labor ditlk-ujty lias led to a number.uf farmers giving up growing crops in Auckland," declared Mr'. J. Masscy, president of the Auckland A. and P. Association, at a meeting th "s afternoon, adding: "1 have given up cropping for that reason." Another speaker" (Mr. Wcsfncy) said Unit up till last year he had been growing wheat but owing to the scarcity of farm labor and the outrageous wages demanded at harvest time he had given it up. Others made reference to the labor difficulties.