Replacement jobs sought by railwaymen
PA Wellington] The National Union of h Railwaymen wants replace-;; ment jobs with no loss of? pay for all railway workers’ made redundant because of, the withdrawal of the Silver' Star services. About 50 railway workers! will be displaced when the i converted Silver Star takes the place of the present Sil-j ver Star sleeper and the! Northerner express. The question of con-; version work on the trains, which the unions have blacked will be discussed; once agreement has been’ reached on the future of the! staff.
I The union's president (Mr IG. Finlayson) said in ChristI church yesterday: “We are determined no-one will be I worse off than he was.” The union’s national secretary (Mr D. Goodfellow) and ! Wellington branch officials I discussed the requirement with Railways Department management yesterday. “They are not talking redundancy; what they are talking about is replacement work of a suitable nature at the rate of pay everyone affected is accustomed to,” IMr Finlayson said. Full reports would be made to union branches in ‘Auckland and Wellington today.
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