AUCKLAND TRAM MEN.
THE DISPUTE SETTLKD. Illy Telegram.-Pie;.. Association.! Auckland, Uocomber 21. A happy settlement of the tramway disputo lias been arrived at, and the danger ot a strike is at an end. Tin's morning the union delegates waited on the company's representatives, and demanded an extra Id. per hour for tho general labourers and ear cleaners, the trimmers at the power house, and the pitmen. The company's representatives decided to grant tho extra id. per hour to the general labourers and ear cleaners, and an additional Jd. per hour to I lie pitmen, but declined to concede the extra J.d. asked for the trimmoTS. The concessions thus [.'ranted bring the total conies-ion-; nindi! by the company to the men to over .ClO.Otli) ner annum, as eompared with tlie .tlli.tifll) demanded. The iiniondod oiler wits subscrjueiitlv accepted bv meetings of the men. and it is generally umlciv>too<l that bolli sides are prepnred to be reasonable iu drawing up working conditions.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 22 December 1911, Page 4
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160AUCKLAND TRAM MEN. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 22 December 1911, Page 4
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