FOUNDRY EMPLOYEES’ DISPUTE
SYDNEY MEN ACCEPT SETTLEMENT WORK TO RESUME TO-DAY (Received May 2, 9.16 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 2. A meeting of the Moulders and Iron Workers’ Union decided to accept terms for a settlement of the dispute with their employers about the observance of the wages and hours provisions of the award. Work will resume on Monday after a stoppage lasting six weeks; There is no official disclosure of the terms, but it was stated at the meeting that the employers had agreed to increase wages by 3s, a week, and that the union's ban on overtime was to cease under specified conditions. (On March 17 the owners of 40 Sydney foundries served notices to more than 2000 employees that their services would not be required till further notice. Morts Dock and Cockatoo Island Dock were involved in the lock-out. The action was the result of a dispute with the - employees, who claimed increased wages and the elimination of overtime. The employers insisted on observance of the award.]
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22082, 3 May 1937, Page 9
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