BOOTMAKERS' STRIKE AT AUCKLAND.
[PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.]
AUCKLAND; August 29.
The bootmakers employed on piecework at Garret* Bros', factory have gone out on strike, though, as stated by Messrs Garrett, they are absent with the consent of the firm pending a settlement of the dispute. At a meeting last night the Operative- Bootmakers'j.. Unioa passed a -xesohr tion declaring the town on-strike, and a levy of 5 per cent, was made on the earnings of members in employment, it being also decided that? the men who , have left work shall be paid strike wages by the Union as follows:—married men, 25s -per week; single men, 203.
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Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7140, 30 August 1888, Page 5
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