Labor Matters
AN UNFAVORABLE AWARD. SUPREME COURT INJUNCTION. ISy Cable—Press Association—Copyright .Sydney, January 20. The injunction recently granted l»y the Chief Justice restraining the operation of the builders laborer*' Vedern.l award, which raised their wages to eleven shillings a day. is causing unrest wliieh has now been iiiten.silicd by tit? • action 011 the part of some mmW builders derlining to continue pay iffy the new rates.
Tho secretary of the Builders Laborers' Union will not countenance any reduction in wages or alterations in tin? conditions laid down in the Federal award. A special meeting of the executive has been empowered to call a stopwork meeting on Saturday, if it is Mceaatiry, after hearing the report o! tl'.p representatives' interview with the employers.
COALMEN RESUME.
London, January 28.
Mi'. Loeket't, chairman of the Coalowners' Society, states that 'four-flfthg of the coalmen are returning to ' work on the old terms.* The men's demand would have involved an ineieasc per cent, in working expenses, n< * brought the trade to the verge ■ i bankruptcy. COAL STRIKE CALLED OFF. Received 30, 12.5 a.m. London, January 29. A joint committee of the coal porters and vehicle workers decided to terminal)! the strike.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 181, 30 January 1914, Page 5
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196Labor Matters Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 181, 30 January 1914, Page 5
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