HOROTIU DISPUTE
Union Calls Meeting (N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, Feb. 21. The 6281-strong Auckland Freezing Workers’ Union has called a general stop-work meeting in Auckland tomorrow which will bring to a halt the operation of seven freezing works between the Bay or Islands and the Waikato.
' The meeting will discuss the four-day-old dispute at Horotiu, which involves about 1000 men.
The Horotiu dispute Is over a change in the method of beef slaughtering, the men claiming the extra man needed in a gang would reduce the original gang’s earnings. The unionists stand to lose a total of £25,000 in wages through tomorrow’s stoppage.
Exports to Europe.— About 30 per cent, of British exports go to Western Europe.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29754, 22 February 1962, Page 9
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117HOROTIU DISPUTE Press, Volume CI, Issue 29754, 22 February 1962, Page 9
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