ALLEGED BULLYING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 68, 22 March 1927, Page 7

ALLEGED BULLYING.

Hold-up of Victorian Industry. SERIOUS STRIKE CRISIS. . £—-■■.v.-,i "j 3 — MELBOURNE. this day. t B»-i-au-c ;he workers of the >tate . Electricity Commission at Yaliourn con- , »ider a foreman is a buily and because | he was reinstated after an mquirr br the commissioner. there :» a probabihtV 'that in a few days IOO.'OO people will j bo oj;t of work. The trouble culminated last r.i~ht , when the employees refused to work under the reinstated foreman and walked out. the works being thrown idle. Over 10"V> employees are affected. i The strike will ha'-e a far-reachinr ■ effect, as both <"tty and countrv centres i are served by the Commission. The rej suit will be a widespread hold-up of in- ; dustry. . It is estimated that if it continues for 'a few days. Ion.OOO emplovee* will be idle, and 400.n00 will !«? partiallr i affected. j In the meantime, the Commission is . makinjr arrangements to keep up at least j a partial supply of elect-;c-al power for I tramways, factories and other important ; needs. | A» the result of the Yalloum strike, i restriction® poveming the use I of electricity will be introduced, and from to-day current will Is? cut off from half of the metropolitan area. Half of the factories which are depvnl dent on Yalloum for their supplies will have to c!o«e to day. and the other half will be cut of* to-morrnw-This arrant-men: will be continued, factories cnly working on alternate , days. : Efforts made by the Trades Ha!l Council to avert the strike have failed and : no further negotiation* for the settle- . ment of the trouble are at present on ! foot. It is feared the trouble will spread to the power house worker* in the citr. i resulting in the cutting-off of all the ' sources of stipplv.