WATERSIDE WORKERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 299, 16 December 1911, Page 4

WATERSIDE WORKERS.

THE Dt-S-EDIX CONFERENCE. J (Br Tetegrapa.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. J At a meeting of the executive of the j New Zealand Federation of Labour to-; dav, Messrs. Webb (president) and ( Scrapie (organiser), together with repre- | sentatives from Lyttelton, were appoint- ; ed to meet the Union Company's representative at Eunedin on Tuesday next j in connection wish a. new agreement for the. Lyttelton waterside workers, and also for Westport and Timaru, and probably "Wellington. The new agreement wfll affect wages and various details. | fßy Telegraph.—rress Association.) I CFIEISTCHURCH, Friday. Work on the waterfront at L.ytte.lton raf practically at a standstill this morning, owing to a special meeting of the ■waterside workers, which opened at eight o'clock. The business was to consider the sew demands to be made by the union, and to appoint delegates to the conference with shipping companies at Dunedin next wepk. Consequently no men presented themselves for employment at eight o'clock this morning. The meeting wa,s held in camera- Mr. \ owe (secretary of the union 1. when seen by a reporter after the meeting, stated that the meeting had fully discussed the wages and conditions of labour, and had dra-wn up a statement of demands, including certain increases in pay and improvements in working conditions. These •will be submitted ro the conference at Thmedin on Tuesday next. Mr. Voyee states that he is hopeful that an amicable settlement will be arrived at, bv the conference. Work on the waterfront and in the crain stores started at one o'clock this afternoon.