THE DENNISTON MINERS' DISPUTE
In connection with tho disagreement al . tho Donniston coal niino over tho bank-to-' bank conditions, it ;may probably have becjn remarked that the Granity minors have \ocepted the situation.' whereas the Denniston •minors have not dono so. Mr. Albort Hooker, of Millerton, who is connected with ">' the Granity Miners' Union, to remove anywrong conclusions that'may. arise, explains'':* that the Granity miners wore not working .'■'■ under an award; their award having expired about three years previously, and a now agrcomont not having beon' substituted. A» •. a matter of fact, they were, workings under, an agreement made between the Company ■ and tho Union. The Donniston minors; on > the other hand, wore bound by au award made last March.by the Arbitration Court.'. Had the Granity miners accepted tho r pro- '"' posals, of'■ the' Company thoy would "hav» '• been: in- oxactly the same position "as • tbj .Denniston "miners aro at present.'' :'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 82, 31 December 1907, Page 2
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151THE DENNISTON MINERS' DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 82, 31 December 1907, Page 2
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