MUSTERERS' WAGES.
» DISPUTE NOT YET SETTLED. REJECTION OF ARBITRATION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTuHUJiCH, Friday. After Conciliation Council proceedings to-day, the dispute ovur wages and working conditions of musterers remained unsettled, the council being unable to reach an agreement. The employers offered £2 5/ weekly and found, * and the union asked £3 17/6. For the employers, it was argued that the costs of mustering at the wages claimed wero more than sheepfarmers could pay out of the present prices of wool. Even the wages offered were higher than the returns would warrant. A motion to refer the dispute to the Arbitration Court was rejected.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 209, 3 September 1932, Page 6
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