LABOR TROUBLES

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1918, Page 7

LABOR TROUBLES

AT RIVJvRDALE FACTORY. Says the Hawera Star:— During the past two or three weeks an agitation, it is reported, lias been engineered to ?et the casual bands at several South Taranaki cheese factories to demand an increase of Wages or. in the alternative, to cease work. At all the factories, save one, the pronosal was reiected, and the men decided to remain at their work. At Riverdale, however, the ten casual hands presented a "round robin" to the directors demanding an increase of wages from lis to 12s fid per dav. The directors met, and after due consideration, declined to accede to the demand, whereupon the whole of the casual bands gave notien nf t'hr-ir intention to leave work in a week's time They went out on Friday morning laat. nntf pending the nrrivdl of other casual hnnds who p.re coining from Wellington nnrt kelson. several of the directors and suppliers volunteered to carry on the

"•ovlc at, the factory, and the compfrnv hps. fortunately. experienced no difficulty in setting through the work since fm men left.

Wo are informed that there is at prr>sent no difficulty in scunner msiml la'ior. and that some of the new hands "•Hi arrive from Wel'mston to-niglit. The present rate of pay for casuals, upon l>v practically fill the Taradairy factories. i« 10s per day, plus Is per (lav war bonus. nnd the usual al'owances of butter, mill?, coal, firewood, etc., worth urohnMv another 2s per day. The demand made bv the men at Ttiver--lilp was for an increase of Is 6d ppf day.