THE BUTCHERS' STRIKE.
AN ABORTIVE CONFERENCE. BETTER PAY WANTED. By Telegraph.—Press -Association. Auckland, Last Night. A conference between the butchers on strike and the employers was held to--night, the Conciliation Commissioner presiding. In the course of a lengthy discussion it was stated for the men that a butcher's present wage was not a living wage, hut merely an existence wage. The men felt justified in tho action they had taken and were prepared to stand to their action. Mr. Wright, the employers' advocate, said the men in striking had made the employers and the public their catspaw. The real dispute was between the Arbitration Court and the Union. Summing up a long discussion the Commissioner said it seemed that the Union was mainly concerned about the rate of wages of the lowest paid men. The Commissioner put to the employers the Union demand for a flat rate of £4 a week, and was answered by the employers that tl|ey could not consider it. and that the only hope of settlement was to bring the matter before the Arbitration Court at its sitting in Auckland. Eventually an adjournment to Thursday was agreed to.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1919, Page 4
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192THE BUTCHERS' STRIKE. Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1919, Page 4
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