RAILWAY MEN'S GRIEVANCES.
THE TRADESMEN'S STANDPOINT. NO POLITICAL LEVERAGE. Speaking to a " Star" representative to-day, on the question of the grievances of the men in the Government railway workshops, a tradesman in the Newmarket shops deprecated any suggestion that the men were considering the advisableness of resorting to political measures for obtaining recognition of their demands. " The tradesmen in the Newmarket shops have not authorised anyone to make the statement that they intend having recourse to political measures to obtain redress," -he declared, adding:
" The men rely on the Minister's promise to rectify their grievances in the matteT when he brings down the Classification Amendment Bill, and as a body they resent any unauthorised person interfering ■with their affairs so far as to make a statement purporting to be an expression of their general opinion on the subject of their grievances. As for the grievances under which the men are labouring, it was admitted that the statements which appeared in our issue of yesterday were substantially correct", with the exception of the reference to political influence.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 136, 9 June 1911, Page 2
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