WORK RESUMED

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 33, 2 November 1929, Page 11

WORK RESUMED

AUCKLAND SLAUGHTERMEN’S STRIKE GRIEVANCES CONSIDERED BY CONFERENCE Dominion Special Service. Auckland, November 1. Work was resumed this afternoon at the city abattoir and at the works of R. and W. Hellaby, Limited, at Westfield, by 100 slaughtermen who went on strike on Wednesday. The City Council arranged a conference immediately to discuss, the points raised by the men in connection with the disputed award conditions regarding pig slaughtering. Finality was not reached on all matters, but the workers' representatives arranged to report the deliberations of the conference to the slaughtermen at 7.30 o’clock to-morrow morning. Mr. P.; Hally, Conciliation Commissioner, stated to-night that an offer had been made to the slaughtermen, and that their attitude should be known to-mor-row. Early this morning Mr. Hally went to Westfield and found the strikers gathering for the meeting. He advised them to accept the Mayor’s suggestion and' return to work in order that their grievances might be properly heard. The slaughtermen agreed unanimously to resume work at 2 p.m. A conference was called at the Town Hall at 2.30 p.m;, and by this time advice was received that all the men were at work. The deliberations continued until . 7 p.m., when the representatives of the men left with a proposition which had been formulated for submission to the men to-morrow.