Auck. near standstill
PA Auckland Industries and/ throughout Auckland/ground to •• a halt yesterday in a wave of union . reaction to th?, arrest of picketers at Auckland Airport. Thousands of workers joined those already on strike in protest against; the 48; arrests and few main induptries appeared to be unaffected by the walkouts. The widespread . compliance ■v. ith an Auckland Trades council; stop-work recommendation -.. was,. expected to continue, today.
Drivers working for private bus companies stopped work from midnight, joining Auckland Regional Authority bus drivers - -who will move into ; ;/their second day on Strike ' Engineers at the Auckland Milk Corporation’s .processing plant walked off the job and han of the city was expected to be without milk this morning. The 9000 or so members of the Shop Employees’ Union are likely to receive instructions today to stop work forthwith. The waterfront workers’
stoppage has virtually closed the Port of -Auckland. The New Zealand Steel, Ltd, plant at Glenbrook was effectively closed yesterday when more than 500 of the 1350 workers were off the job. Liquor supplies to hotels could be affected in less than a w ee k- About 600 members of the Auckland Brewery Workers’ Union stopped . work yesterday, stopping production at -the two main breweries and at distilleries and soft-drink plants. '
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