WORK AND WAGES.
FREEZING HANDS STRIKE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A further, expression of dissatisfaction with the wages paid to freezing works hands, the. first intimation of which was reported from Horotiu yesterday, was made at Westfield works to-day, when a section of the men employed in loading meat for an overseas vessel struck for higher wages and improved conditions. In the afternoon a meeting of employees was held, when it was explained that the strikers were not supported by the Freezing Works Employees' Federation, and they were advised to resume work and leave their dispute to the conference in Wellington next month, it is therefore anticipated that they will resume to-morrow. It is understood that two delegates 'from the Southdown works who attended the meeting, gave an assurance that the Southdown men had agreed to continue working on present terms and leave the settlement to the conference. The men at Horotiu have also agreed to resume, pending the conference.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1919, Page 5
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162WORK AND WAGES. Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1919, Page 5
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