Carpenters’ Complaint
Carpenters’ meal sheds and toilet facilities on many jobs fell far short of legal requirements, the secretary of the Canterbury Carpenters' and Related Trades Union (Mr R. J. Pitcairn) said on Friday. . The union was also concerned, he said, that on some sites the first-aid kits were inadequate and on others there were no kits. “Even pigs would not survive some of the conditions which the employers expect building tradesmen to endure,” Mr Pitcairn said. His union would intensify its campaign against employers who were party to such breaches of the awards, and would take legal action where necessary. A spokesman of the Canterbury Master Builders' Association said the association had received a letter on the subject from the carpenters' union,, and information in it would be drawn to the attention of members. “We are sure,” he said, “that if improvemehts are needed, our members will be only too happy to carry them out.”
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32015, 16 June 1969, Page 11
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