TRADE UNION CONGRESS
SUPPORT BY GREY DISTRICT MINERS
BLACKBALL AND ROA STILL TO VOTE
From Our Own Reporter GREYMOUTH, May 25.
All the State mines in the Grey district, with the exception of Blackball and Roa. have decided to affiliate with the Trade Union Congress. Mem; bers of the Roa and Blackball Miners’ Unions, who were addressed to-day by Messrs T. Hill, secretary of the New Zealand Waterside Workers’ Union, and K. McL. Baxter, secretary of the Federation of Labour, will vote on the issue to-morrow.
The Runanga State Miners’ Union, the largest single union on the West Coast, was also addressed to-day by Messrs Hill and Baxter. After numerous questions had been answered a vote was taken. 186 favouring affiliation with the Trade Union Congress and 79 favoured asking the contending parties to rearrange the federation constitution and starting afresh with one organisation. The Runanga union has a membership of about 600.
Watersiders at Greymouth this morning at a stop-work meeting reaffirmed an earlier decision to support the Trade Union Congress.
The secretary of the Timber Workers’ Union (Mr F. L. Turley) declined to make a statement on the outcome of a meeting of his executive addressed by Messrs Hill and Baxter last evening. It is understood that no decision was made on behalf of the executive and that the issue will be left for consideration at the annual meeting.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19500526.2.90
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26122, 26 May 1950, Page 8
Word Count
231TRADE UNION CONGRESS Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26122, 26 May 1950, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.