GASWORKERS’ BALLOT
Possibility of Vote of Skilled Tradesmen By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, July 22. Should the ballot conducted on Wednesday and Thursday of employees of gasworks favour the formation of a national union, it is stated as likely that a further ballot will be taken among skilled tradesmen in the industry who were excluded from this week’s ballot to see if they are prepared to join in the movement. The Federation of Labour has under consideration the question of such a vote by skilled tradesmen. The Labour Department, which conducted the ballot, distributed 543 voting papers in Auckland, together with addressed envelopes to the Secretary of Labour, who is virtually the returning officer. Members of two unions only, the Auckland Gasworkers Union and the Auckland Clerical Gasworkers’ Union were eligible to vote, and as the eligible voters throughout New Zealand number approximately 1700, it will bo seen that the Auckland vote is likely to be important in the ultimate result.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 255, 24 July 1937, Page 8
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160GASWORKERS’ BALLOT Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 255, 24 July 1937, Page 8
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