Dunedin Brick and Pine Makers
Maoriland Worker, Rōrahi 13, Putanga 9, 28 Huitanguru 1923, Page 2
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Dunedin Brick and Pine Makers
At a h-,rgely--s i .t-*nued meeting of. .Oiis union h >.ltf in the Trades Hall j fvn 16/2/25?, it wa.= decided that; claims for -.-•. - :, ev-' award should be; drafted. ' •! Tho secriciary, Mr. S. Borehuiu, ; came in for -somo -criticis-m, some be-! ing of opvnion that he had not takeni sufficient, pains to enforce the pre- j fcrenco clause, aid to bring employ-! -rs t 0 book who had victimised mem.- . hers taking ofluvlai positrons in the J Ur. ion. j In reply, Mr. Boreham said, w'.ui: regard to the preference to unionist:-;! clause, tho breaches vt this section j of awards had only quit© recently: been reported to h-m. and only in one j ease had he. found that v non-union- j ist was employed, ami in this case he 1 had taken.the nee'-.<••-■-u*y steps, to havo • the' matter adjusted. There were, he,' sa,id, several cases where members] had' -not paid up tht'r annual con-j tributions to the union.' This neglect! -on. mcmljcrs' part di.l not conslitiito i .'•. breach of tho preference- lo union-j i is'ts clause of vho awards. As soon; |ns he got authority to take legal ac- ! i tion against such slackers for the J | recovery of their dues t 0 the anon. i Iho would not hesitate to do so. Re- ; i f-r-.rring to. ihe yictin.ii,--ation of mem- j I be-rs, Mr. Boreham said he- 'had in-; ! iiuired into one or two such cases; [which had been reported "to h m, but] lin .each case he d-d not think a c.uuse !of action would lie. | ■ The chairman, Mr. -T, E. MacManus. j held tliat Mr. .Eon-hum should have I reported the matter to the Labour j j Department. j j Several members slated that when.: j the award had come into force ceri tain employers had prohibited smok-. iing,' whereas prevhra-r-iy smoking was ! allowed. It was askod; Was this (pot a breach of the award? Mr. }lorehar_t 'sa'-d ho did not think so. In any case. hv> would report this matter to the. inspector and get his opin'on. Conl.muir-g, Mr. Bore-, ham said it would be advisable to apply to have an additional clause i i n the new. award- providing that, in stray industry where it was danger-' ous to smoke, or smoking was prohibited during working hoars., "thirty minutes "morning .and evening should bo:allowed on full pay for '■Smoke O." Such a provis-oh was in tho threshing mill workers' award shearers and shed hands', awiard, match factory, and many-other awards of the court- Therefore; ha had Ho doubt they could secure such.-a provision, ft was resolved that such a proposal should be inserted in the union's new claims. • ...,,• Mr. Cook, of th-a central office, addressed the meeting at le-ngtli, us also did Mr. MacManus. .. .:• -
