STRIKE ON WEST COAST.
OBJECTION TO lOHGER HOURS BOARD HOLDS TO DECISION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) GREYMOUTH, Wednesday. After having been on strike for th'ree days following the lengthening of their hours, approximately 000 relief workers on the West Coaet remain united in their demand for the restoration of the former conditions, objecting to an increase of working time for the same rate of pay;
A telegram from the acting-Minister of Employment, the Hon. A. Hamilton, was read at a large meeting of Greymouth unemployed this evening. It stated that the board was unable to alter its decision
The meeting reaffirmed its determination to press for the restoration of the old terms.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 237, 6 October 1932, Page 5
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