THE MEAT STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 197, 17 February 1912, Page 5

THE MEAT STRIKE.

WATERSIDE WORKERS REFUSE TO HANDLE MEAT.

By Telegraph— Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. ' At a conference held by representatives of the Wellington Wharf Laborers' Union to-day with representatives of the New Zealand Federation of Labor, in connection with the strike at Ngahaur ranga and Petone Freezing Works, it was decided not to handle any further shipments of meat from the Gear 'Meat Company, pending the settlement of the trouble. This decision will not affect meat sent for shipment from the Longburn and Waingawa works.

This afternoon six trucks of meat from Petone and Ngahauranga, together with shipments from other works, were awaiting unloading at wharves for transhipment. In view of the fact that the men had already been engaged to unload this meat before notification came of the decision not to handle it, the shipment was allowed to go through, but it was made clear that no further shipments from Petone or Ngahauranga would be handled at the waterside.

The wharf laborers say that although the strikers' union is not affiliated with the Federation of Labor they will not ship meat that has passed through the hands of "scab" labor. There is to be a meeting of waterside workers to-mor-row to further consider the matter.