Meat supplies normal

Press, 2 March 1981, Page 1

Meat supplies normal

Meat supplies "‘in Christchurch were ’’ hot affected by the., national stoppage by freezing workers from midnight last Thursday and work at the city abat;,, toir is expected to be. back to normal today.- • ■ City butchers were able to get stocks of/meat to their shops because in spite of the stoppage, abattoir' workers loaded meat out on Friday morning before going home.The works manager, Mr A. Marshall,/said he believed the workers would resume work today. Export meat works will resume tomorrow 'in-,line ( with a call from the“ Federation of Labour .'/for strikes in support of nthe Auckland aircraft engih-”-eers to end. ’ ' .' -..-. - •,’4 . The managing ' director of the Canterbury ' Frozen. Meat Company;* 4 Mr ’' -£>?'• Morten, said that stock' would be available for . porcessing tomorrow. However, 'the N.C.F. Kaiapoi works’ manager, Mr K. Pearce, said-, last evening that he did not know if the freezing workers at the works would report tomorrow. They walked off on/Thursday aiR 1 p.m. over a local dispute involving freezer hands who had demanded two extra ■: freezer hands so that/theycould have more warm-uptime.