SECOND EDITION. LABOUR UPHEAVAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13521, 1 November 1911, Page 7

SECOND EDITION. LABOUR UPHEAVAL.

THE PLASTERERS’ DISPUTE! (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, November 1. In connection with the plasterers’ dispute, the secretary of the Builders' and Contractors’ Association stated that it was difficult to understand why men actually in work were prepared to tlnon up Is. 7d. an hour. The Secretary o the Union explains that the reason i: that the Union lias applications for six men for eight months’ work at 2s. and hour and one of three months at £5 per week wet and dry. Tin/ award states the minimum rate of wages is’ Is. 7d. an hour, and in every case the employers of Wellington make the minimum the maximum. Although the minimum rate lienis above that in Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin, the employers in those cities have never made the minimum the maximum rate. More Trouble at Auckland. AUCKLAND, November 4. While the labour strike war in progress two local bodies decided for financial reasons to curtail expenditure on street works. These bodies have reinstated only some of the men they employed previous to the strike. The, Union now assert that there has been discrimination in favour of a few men,' and calls upon the local bodies for an explanation It threatens, if not satisfied, to call out the men employed, and if necessary extend the strike.