INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.
' TOE SLAUGHTERMEN® STRIKE. ■By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright Sydney, August 15. The Glebe Island slaughtering trouble is still unsettled. The men met and decided to refuse to return to work unless the employers guaranteed day work, irrespective of any decision by the Wages Board. They also determined that even if the Wages Board awards piecework they will not accept it. The men are sanguine of success, as the trade will drift to country slaughterhouses.
The secretary of the union states that the officials are anxious that the men should at-cept the latest proposals, because it would strengthen their position before the Wages Board, but they re-, fuse.
The men have not returned to Auburn, stating that they want a new agreement granting payment of wages for time lost in waiting for sheep. LOOK-OUT IN GERMANY. BHTPBULLiDING WORK SUSPENDED. Eeceived August 15, 9 p.m. Berlin, August 15. The lockout in the shipbuilding yards •treat of Dantzig is completed. Thirtyfive thousand men are idle. The employers declare there is ample time in which to fulfil contracts. They desire a long fight. Ships needing repairs are crossing over to British yards. • Work on several of the German battleship® is suspended.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 109, 16 August 1910, Page 5
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198INDUSTRIAL STRIFE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 109, 16 August 1910, Page 5
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