TROUBLE AT HOMER
NINE TUNNEL WORKERS IDLE. SECOND SHIFT CONTINUES OPERATIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) INVERCARGILL. September 18. Nine men working on shift in the Homer tunnel have left their work during the last few days. Their action followed a meeting of tunnel workers who unanimously agreed not to continue working in the tunnel unless two Diesel-driven dumpers were removed or a fan installed to create a draught. The dumpers were alleged to create fumes injurious to the health of the men. A second shift of eight men has continued because of the removal of the Diesels. It is understood that men working cn the first shift were told by the contractors that their complaint would be met by the temporary removal of the Diesels till a fan was installed, which would bo a matter of five to six weeks. However, removal of the Diesels meant that the driving of the machines on which the first shift, was engaged could not be carried on. Accordingly the men did not start on their shift. The men on the second shift unanimously agreed to carry on their present work without Diesels but not to work in the tunnel if Dieseis were operated without a fan.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 September 1941, Page 3
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202TROUBLE AT HOMER Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 September 1941, Page 3
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