SHIPWRIGHTS POSITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15497, 2 January 1914, Page 6

SHIPWRIGHTS POSITION.

UNION MUST BE REGISTERED. Members of the shipwrights' .-■ branch, of the old Wellington. Waterside VWorkers' Union, who were the original people to go on stf ike, held a meeting this week. During the day representatives of ■ the shipwrights waited on Messrs, Wood ; and : Son with, a view to discussing;; terms under which they would return to work. %U$ Messrs. Wood and Son, who were the largest employers of , shipwrights prior to the strike, ■ never, stopped i travelling time to the' slip.: The firm's custom was ; to supply a vehicle; to convey, the employees to the slip so that 'were' there in time to commence work at 8 a.ra. . : If a vehicle was not ' procurable the men' were allowed half an hour's time to get) to their work. Messrs. Wood and Son were perfectly willing to grant an increase in wages up to 8d a day, but it was' stated that they could not accede to all the demands made by, the shipwrights' prior, to the strike. - It is understood that at a meeting of the union it was announced that the employers would not- enter into negotiations with, the shipwrights unless they gave a guarantee that their union' would De "registered under the' Arbitration Act. V?;. ', ?/f";