FREEZING WORKS DISPUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 230, 28 September 1922, Page 5

FREEZING WORKS DISPUTE.

EMPLOYERS ASK EXTRA AWARD WORKERS DO NOT AIX'EJJK. A sitting of tho Conciliation < ourl was held this morning at the. rooms o£ the ('ommisaioner, Mr. I*. Hally. to cii — ••u<s the terms ot an application tilfil by t lie employers (or ;i supplementary award governing the wanes, ami rotid:tions in the freezing works industry ni the northern district. The employers were represented Ik Messrs. S. K. Wright, !•'. V. Haundei-son. A. Rowlands and J. Simson. which Mi: W. K. .--i!! (secretary of the Xortii Islnnil rrc'e/.ili;,' Workers' Union] was present mi behalf of the employee!!. At the outset. Mr. Mallv made a. statement with t)». object of elearinj,' the illinoephere, for lie lelt. he mi id. that tinposition m> due more to mifconcepliuii than anything else. There \v ;l , nothing wrong with the citations of the purtie-, but there was an award in operation in ihis district covering the wnjjtw and con ditions that would not expire until June :)() next, and .so far as he knew it. had been faithfully observed on lioth side-. and there had been no striki—. .\ similar award operated in the South 1-lnnd. hut unfortunately a strike of i>ollll l iiide had oi-currcd in Canterbury un.j IJunodin. and an effort miide to brim.; about an understanding had failed. ll,' understood that men had been encrnp-ed who were not union men. and who were paid wapes not in accord with the aunr.l rate. Whether or no! the employers were justified from a lepj] aspe-i in adopting those methods he was nut prepared to express any opinion. During the course of the negotiations :l repori was made in the press that if the matter were not fixed up satisfactorily it would react at tho beginning of this season in the North. He did not know whether there was any authority for this statement, or if the Northern Samihtermcn's Association had agreed in any way with tlie proposal. But lie did know' from inquiries he had made Hint the men belonging to the Northern I'jiion would start work at the beginning of ;hi> season, and continue under the w.iwand conditions of the present award. In regard to the application filed for a supplementary award, he mentioned that he had had experience of a somewhat similar application in connection ■■.■. ■ -', the fishing industry, when the i i.iin. under Mr. Justice had made >.i award fixing which ;!, iq.lm. said they could not. pay an.l • ■~■ m< said they could not work i"..r. !(.■ •. - asked tv arbitrate, and reached : ,n .. ... ment on a wajre and mi :.- >.n '..:• -. which both parties wen- p>. ,i!>-d : ■ accept, but the Court •;■-■ 1;r : .--i •.. ..'. ■ if to l»e attached 1.. Hi- . ■•■ " .. ■!■>. '.:> ing that an award n\-l Lee,, ~ i • ■ Court and the i|in"-lioii ■■ nnn- ,:•■■■ .;. : He understood thai in l!.\ , .■-.• M•■ ■ had replied on bi'li.-ilf " ; uj-"-.« ■■•■ - thai ho did not s v- :.. i : i- ■~;.,".. ,». 1 made by the employer- In :!,,.■ ,-i, ;•• he eollld mil.i i-.-f.-i- •:.•■ m:.lli r ... ■, ~,, . ulementarv awal'il to lie < mii: !'■ believed, howev, r. i .1 ■ : !„■ ~„.„ „, .. willinjr I" ■•mitiiiii,. ..- ;■• ii ~ ...,-• ■~ .. fhe aw»rd :■■ prf-ii: in ,-s '-■-, 1 r.plv In :',•■ ' '••riiiti; — i.jii.-r. M -tated ilmi he 1.i.l m.ii.ii: -f:■ ■. ■ ■.. -ay. bfion.! the fa.-l [}■*: ~ ',' j~. ■ Hcee.le to t'ue emplo\er-' |. o. .! \l>: Pander-on ~,i,l 1,,. , ~ ... , ■; . >:il ha.l taken that Mliliiidi-. bin !•■ • . circunistanees if .-e,. m i.d j,, !.;,,, •• ,1 nothing fiir-tTir r c,>ni,| !,,. ,; ~ -iliatimi. There «.,. „„ ...„., ; -., ; ... .. . . :hn men Wijllld < .irrv ~■■- • ~ ■, ,~. , .- tl.e awnr<l. The (dinmission.i- -;..:.■ "•-■'■ ■■ . v»* ii.iihiiiL' for !,:,„ |.. ,]„ ... ~. - .■ irnitt"!- ro i 1,,. Poiirf