UNLOADING WAGGONS

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30542, 10 September 1964, Page 18

UNLOADING WAGGONS

Overtime Ban Delayed

It was incorrect that if overtime had been worked in the goods sheds at the Christchurch railway station on Monday evening 100 waggons would have been unloaded; the correct figure would be no more than 35 waggons, said the district traffic manager (Mr M. R. Leineweber) yesterday. He was referring to a report which appeared in “The Press” yesterday. , Mr Leineweber said discussions on staffing and overtime work in Christchurch goods sheds had been held yesterday morning with representatives of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and the issues would have to be decided in Wellington by. the general manager. In the meantime it had been decided to carry on with overtime for the rest of this week. The discussions were amicable and frank, he said. With continuing goodwill on both sides it was thought a satisfactory conclusion would be reached. Before the meeting between representatives of the society and the department, a stopwork meeting decided to ban all overtime work in. the goods sheds and Waltham yards, Mondays to Fridays inclusive. The later meeting resulted in this ban being delayed. The workers want payment for a minimum of three hours when they are called back to work overtime at night.