FREEZING WORKS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 13 August 1932, Page 11

FREEZING WORKS.

CONCILIATION COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. HEARING ADJOURNED. The industrial dispute between ihe freezing companies and the workers air cupied the-attention of the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr 8. Ritchie) yesterday, tno ussu.sovs for tne companies Uemy'Messrs U.'S- iurnor, u. i\ UaiTieli, Ji. X. snores, and A. (J VVeUs, tuose mv iuo workers uomg Messrs H. C. Revolt, is. mvicison, o. iii. i)wigut,.aua i\ J....ivc»iY. . The parties to ,the dispu.e wcro tm. Uanterouiy ivozen Meat and Uairy 1-roduee Company, JUd. (applicant;, and the New remand ireeaing Worto and Related 'trades Industrial Association of Workers, and the Canterbury Freezing Woiks and "dated Trades Employees' Industrial Lmon Qt •Works (respondents). . Tho position is that private negotiations are in progress between tne parties concerned on a Dominion basis and that district conciliation proceedings are.to be held in the various districts. A conciliation council has already sat iu Wellington, yesterday, proceedings being the second of tiio Mr Turner said that in view of the private negotiations which were in progress ho considered the present proced'ines a waste of time and a mere formality. He added that it was desired to come to an agreement before tho freezing season opened after tna Hawke's Bay Show in October. _ For the emplovees it was stated that a settlement would be satisfactory by January. , , Mr Revell moved that the proceedings be adjourned for U d»?i-. This was seconded by Mr Kelly-

The Arbitration Court. In moving" that the matter be referred to the Arbitration Court, 3ir Turner said that the employers assesses did not possess the n f ess P; r J authority to state whether the cmshould go to the Court or not. J heir intention was subsequently to have * fortnight's adjournment when tnquestion of referring tbe case to the Court could be raised under the Act. This would enable them to obtain Hiinstructions. The motion was seconded by air Wells. . . . .. , V{t . The Commissioner ruled that vii Turner's motion was not an amendment to Mr Revell's motion. After conferring among themselves, the employers' assessors agreed to withdraw the amendment, and it was ultimately clodded to adjourn for 1davs, instead of 14, to enable the Commissioner to fulfil standing engagements.