WHARF WORKERS DISPUTE.
KIVAL IN lON
IXGHEABEIX WAGES WANTED
(I'ei Press Association.) Auckland, March I
The Conciliation Council considered an iipnlicaiion to-day by the newlyfonned Coal and Cargo Worker*' Union,'principally representing ex strikers, for an agreement ard <»n all round increase on the wages paid uuder the pre-strike egreemeDt. A further application was made to join the Auckland Waterside Workers (Arbitration) Union as parties to the agreement. The employers cite I declined to discuss the matter ami the cue ijota direct to the Arbitration
Com it
Mr Way, on behalf of the furmor Cnion, stated that tH'^t-since the strike between IiOO and 700 practical watersitlers liiitl been absolutely r«fus»d em|iloyojetU ou the wharves, owing Io 'hefiict that the Arbitration Union had declined to admit them to membership notwithstanding sworn alii davits that the applicants believed in (he principle of arbitration.
The Commissioner agreed to the Arbitration Union being joined in tbe dispute. ' ~
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLII, Issue 6023, 4 March 1914, Page 5
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152WHARF WORKERS DISPUTE. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLII, Issue 6023, 4 March 1914, Page 5
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