THAT STRIKE BALLOT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 36, 13 February 1928, Page 9

THAT STRIKE BALLOT.

SECRETARY EXPLAINS.

CLAIMS DEFENDED.

, .The strike ballot which members of the Glas*workers' Union propose to Mike next Thursday, in accordance with , the Dispute* Investigation Act, became necessary because two conferences between the employers and the employees, presided over by different Wen, had failed to arrive at a settlement .ox matters in dispute, said the union secretary, Mr. J. Purtell, this morning. An analysis «>f the propowals amounted jo a request by the employees for an increase in wages for the lower-paid men, **id_Mr. Purtell. It was generally ■umitted that hours and conditions were itirly satisfactory, but in view of the •set that the Australian Glass Company recently introduced labour-saving devices to their works—estimated to save £50 a week in wages—the employees held that their claims, which involved only about £5 a week, were reasonable. Another thing in support of tnis contention was that further protection in the way of a higher tariff was given to the company at the last session o* Parliament.