WATERSIDE WORKERS.
A CUUiT Of KEFKItKXCK AT tt'Kl-UXGTHX. By Telegraiih—Press Association. Wellington, l.ast Night. I here have been several meetings of shipowners held recently in Wellingtion with a view to arranging for some uniform method by which priority of employment win be ensured to those waterside workers who joined the union before December fl. Many schemes were suggested, lint it was filially arranged that a committee should be set up consisting' of three persons; one representing the Wellington Harbor Board, one representing other employers of waterside labor, and an independent chairman. this committee to tubulate day by dav the amount out of employment and the wages given to each class of labor; and to act as a court of reference to deal with all disputes between the foremen and the waterside workers referred to above. Arrangements are being made to bring the scheme into operation at an early date. The committee in question consists of .Mr. H. Fletcher (representing the Harbor lioard), Captain Evans (other employers). and ,\ir. W. <!. Foster (chairman).
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 20 February 1914, Page 8
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171WATERSIDE WORKERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 20 February 1914, Page 8
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