Northern meat strike to end
PA Auckland Officials of the Auckland Freezing Workers’ Union will ask members to end their eight-week strike. The recommendation, made after a six-hour executive meeting yesterday, will be put to workers at the 10 idle plants in the upper North Island this morning. The northern region’s 8000 freezing workers have held out for more than a fortnight longer than their southern counterparts for a 15.5 per cent wage rise. Those who accepted
have received $35 extra a week, which employers said could be worth up to $5O when added to overtime or penal rates. “We are still not happy with the deal,” said the Auckland union’s president, Mr Frank Barnard, last evening. "We certainly tried, however.” He said the employers had agreed to meet the union to discuss the deal before it was finally accepted. In expectation of a resumption, freezing works will call in stock today for a start to killing on Thursday.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19860422.2.12
Bibliographic details
Press, 22 April 1986, Page 1
Word Count
159Northern meat strike to end Press, 22 April 1986, Page 1
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.