LAKE TEKAPO STRIKE

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25734, 21 February 1949, Page 6

LAKE TEKAPO STRIKE

PUKAKI BRANCH’S SUPPORT Lake Pukaki branch member* 1 the New Zealand Workers’ Union cided yesterday to support the MJ’ Tekapo branch in its dispute with.w* Public Work’s Department, and, considered necessary, to strife* sympathy. The Lake Tekapo W ca is preparing for a long strike. The Lake Tekapo workers’ uU»m a * turn to the Public Works DepanWf l3 that authority in dealing with th® must_ be removed from the actin?' resident engineer (Mr R. G. Brick®! l '- had brought no response from the JJ* partment, said a statement from u” Tekapo branch of,the union yesterda)On Friday, continued the stateW Mr Brickell issued an invitation to local executive to meet him «nd W 1 was agreed upon, so that the engmj* might find a suitable solution to tne problem. Mr Brickell did not a at this meeting, and it was adjournec-i The request for another meeting to oe. held later in the day was made by J 1 Brickell, who intimated that he had probable solution which he .would PJ* forward, stipulating that he was fO chairman and that his own staff h®d ’ be in attendance. This was Later it was agreed by both P ar . ties hold a meeting under the chairmj-* ship of Mr L. W. D. Rodman, J.Plocal executive pointed out that ip workers had passed a vote of no-®t> n fidence jn Mr Brickell. The union statement said that cause of Mr Brickell's attitude to.Wj branch secretary (Mr J. Coppersrnij" the executive and the workers left m meeting. At yesterday’s meeting of the La* Pukaki branch of the union, the P)' e ; dent (Mr Rex McKay) and the secml | tary (Nr J. Hunt) were instructed ij I attend the meeting at Lake TfWPY, last evening. Resolutions that i been passed at Lake Pukaki were co I firmed at the later meeting. FT 001 * I body of the meeting a resolution *5i passed pledging full confidence ,n ’ executive officers, Messrs smith and W. Dempster, and a PP°’? n . ing Mr Coppersmith to be the P r . ' cipal speaker in negotiations witn w I department. ' -t It is expected that ’he nat*' president of the New ZeB ;n Workers’ Union (Mr W. Wallace) i visit Lake Tekapo to-day.