THE MEAT-WORKS STRIKE.
The men at the Ngahauranga and Petone meat-works have chosen a very opportune season for making their demands. At this particular time the works are at their busiest, and stock is being rushed to the slaughter. The men know that they can make almost any demand at this period, with some reasonable prospect of its being conceded. To precipitate a strike when tile employers are unable to off.eij. a dtrfence, is like hitting , a man, Vrlieh he is'dowri; ;It is dishonest! It is, iir-facty "aJiriost criminal. There is no telling how heavy will be the loss to-the country if this strike is allowed to continue. The Companies may, at a sacrifice of principle, -concede the demands of the men, and thus settle the dispute. To do so, however, would be almost to compound a felony. If the demand made by the men were reasonable, it would at tfnee he conceded. But it is .unreasonable, and the men know it. Moreover, it has been made at an unreasonable season, and therefore becomes doubly annoying. An alteration of the law is badly required, so that a strike which would paralyse a trade would be rendered impossible.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10556, 10 February 1912, Page 4
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197THE MEAT-WORKS STRIKE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10556, 10 February 1912, Page 4
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