SAWMILL WORKERS' DISPUTE.
OHUTU" BOX-MILL CLOSED DOWN.' (PRESS ( ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) TAIHAPE, l)vco>nl>2r 14. Members cf the Xing' Country Sawmill r.rri moor Worieis' Union at thfs Ohutu box .'mill submitted their final demand to the owners this morning. They stated that they v.eio willing to resume work en the following conditions:—(l) lUrcrf. tho employers recogtuso their Union. (2) That the employers' representatives agree to meet the Union's representatives to discuss and draw up a scale of wages and conditions for the ensuing twelve- months, the conference to sit' not later than the seventh day from the resumption of work. These demands were not accepted by the company, and the mill is close*.! indefinitely. The employers contend that as the award was made as recently as August 23rd last, a.nd ( hs the Union is not constitutionally registered, and will not register under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, no lasting" good would result from further conferring. Tko man. have received notico to quit.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17019, 16 December 1920, Page 2
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