SECRET BALLOT TAKEN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 January 1941, Page 7

SECRET BALLOT TAKEN

II BY FREEZING WORKERS 1 CHAMBER HANDS DISPUTE AT WESTFIELD. 1 SERIOUS INTERRUPTION IN SLAUGHTERING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.' AUCKLAND. January 9. No major .daughering operations were carried out at the Westfield Freezing Works litis afternoon and ail (departments were idle until 3.30 p.m. while a mass meeting o! employees was held and a secret ballot taken in connection with the 140 chamberhands who were dismissed las: Friday for refusing to work in city cool stores on Sunday.-. The lx? Hut resulted in a m ip.riiy of more than 300 voting agf’pst .dir , ect action being taken in su? port ul ; th- cii;>mb<--.--liands. 1 The stoppage of work created a I ous interruption in slaughtering op.-ra- ■ lions, and it was stated by the man--1 agement that morr than 500:1 limbs and a considerable number of pigs ana cattle had to be 1. ft overnight m die ; stock-pens The company hud planned *: to handle about 10.001) lamb.-- in th, •1 course of the day. and as a result of the accumulation of stoci:. the dr.tftJ ing of kunbs from the Waikato fm '| Saturday has had to be cancellCG . The :ni in stated that the , condition of the st.-ck held • ’.'ci- : .hi I would deteriorate and it would mil I be p.j.-eioiv will:' st-.■ o.L mg • m.« |in the future t • overtake the ••m s | Tile meeting, which ci im'-rawd o' 12 30 p.m ur.ii mid nil 1 15. v.. in-id I to receive rr-porLs fr in itmou rt j - ■ I sentatives .I. the neg. Loti, m Wl> : I dw'.ed the pm-iiii: <iay fin i.'ii' I ph.yves v.cr<- .wuifi wed ■•- . ' * “.MFA MISLED" COMMENT BY MINISTER SATISFACTION EXPRESSED II;. Tl-Tgrjtph Pr.’-S A- - ■ 'I . J AUCKLAND ' • . a i "1 am sorry :'■> many g d m'-; < : | misled ..nd 1 h i • ii j Ute folly uf i.ikm;.’ such m.d a - :;.:■ ' ' • act ;■ and j ft! With till a' ‘ ’ i mater in industry — . ■ I land Farmers Ft •-> ng »mp j J f ,r'; • a ■ j ■ mo . ■ ,■ ■ ■ - a , ■ a ’. ■ I i • , . q ■■ • th, t m - j■' , _ , s , ... , | Mil ■■ • : - ■ I ' . . . ... |•< , , u . e ’ my 1■ ■ ■ • a I 1 j.. .a ' |. ’■ 1 .