LOCK OUT ALLEGED
DISPUTE ABOUT NEW WAGE SCALE (.PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, July 3. The action of a city carrying firm in dismissing a number of employees allegedly because of the firm’s inability to pay the 1931 standard of wages, is claimed by the Auckland Drivers’ Union to be a lock-out. The contention is based on section 122 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925. In a letter to the Miniuer for Labour (the Hon. H. T. Armstrong), the union alleges that the firm concerned called the drivers together and told them that if they would not enter an agreement to sign a document to work for less than the ruling pay, the firm would dispense with their services. The men, it is added, declined to sign or agree to any such arrangement, and consequently were discharged.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21826, 4 July 1936, Page 16
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138LOCK OUT ALLEGED Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21826, 4 July 1936, Page 16
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