Dismissal from union upheld
The former organiser of, the Canterbury Clerical Workers’ Union, Mr G. W. Lowrie. hag failed in his bid; to be reinstated. Mr Lowrie was dismissed; by the executive of the union j last July because of an ir-| regularity in the 1978 execu-1 tive elections. The secretary of the union • (Mrs D. Shannon) said at the! time that she had found some! membership records had been altered. The former president! of the Canterbury Legal* Practitioners’ Union (Mr P.i J. Doody) had not been a member for the required 12'
I months but as a result of the [alteration to the records was 'permitted to stand for the ! election and was successful. After an investigation (prompted by Mrs Shannon, IMr Doody’s election was de- | dared null and void and Mr | Lowrie was dismissed. 1 Mr Doody said after the I investigation that he did not ■ know about the 12-month imembership rule. ii Mr Lowrie took a case of; : 1 unjustified dismissal to a I;hearing chaired by the South . Island conciliator, Mr L. For-: ijtune. Mr Fortune ruled that] l'the dismissal was justified.
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Press, 17 January 1979, Page 6
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