SHEARERS' DISPUTE
UNION MEMBERS NOT UNANIMOUS. (Rec. July 21, 8 p.m.) Sydney, July 21. Although a fow of the earlier shearing sheds started on the graziers' terms, officials of the Australian Workers' Union declare that its members will not start unless a week is conceded. The graziers point out that the shearers' own rules provide for a 18-hour week, and they are illegally breaking the award, which can only be varied through an ap peal to tho Arbitration Court. Having conceded all the shearers' demands ex* cept that for shorter hours, the graziers consider that they can confidently appeal for public support In fighting a battle whichl involves much more than the shearing industry Members of tlia union nre not unanimous in support of shorter hours, and the graziers believo that they will be able to secure a sufficiency of labour on their terms. Tho Pre9S regards tho question as a vital one, involving every other industry in the country.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 255, 22 July 1920, Page 5
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