SHEARERS’ DISPUTE.
EMPLOYERS’ STRONG PROTEST. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Sept. 12. The shearer*’ dispute opened before the Arbitration Court to-day. The parties expressed agreement as to the desirability of a Dominion award. The employers’ proposals are for 20s per 100 sheep and 17a fld for lambs. The union's counter-claim is 30s for either. Mr. W. C. Prime, for the employers, strongly opposed the union claim. The rates should be proportionate to the value of the wool, which was below a payable price. The payment of £1 per 100, plus rations, would be equivalent to £5 18s per week. He opposed the 44 hours’ week, which would mean a longer ■season and have disastrous results from terra. Mr. Prime declared that the action of the union officials last season had destroyed all right to preference and to access to employers’ premises daring •hearing.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19220913.2.34
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1922, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
142SHEARERS’ DISPUTE. Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1922, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in