"UNDER PROTEST."

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 183, 4 August 1932, Page 3

"UNDER PROTEST."

BOILERMAKERS AT WORK. STRIKE DECLARED OFF. STATEMENT BY SECRETARY. The strike of boilermakers in Auckland, which was declared on July 21, is now off, and 30 members of the union returned to work "under protest" this morning. A deadlock arose following conciliation proceedings, at which the employers ottered terms that were rejected by the men, and a strike was decided upon. A meeting of the union yesterday considered the position, and decided that nothing would be gained by continuing the strike. Although they resolved to work, the men made it clear that they had not accepted the terms, and were resuming only under protest. "The men realise that they arc now entirely at the mercy of the employers," said Mr. 11. W. Mayo, secretary of the union, this morning. "The amendment of the Arbitration Act in reality abolishes the Act, and any terms which the employers like to impose cannot be resisted by the workers. The employers have taken advantage of that Act, and also of the fact that there is a tremendous amount of unemployment, to get us back to the days before the Arbitration Act existed."