HOLD-UP ENDED

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 22, 20 October 1944, Page 5

HOLD-UP ENDED

Sydney Newspaper Work MEAT STOPPAGE NOW (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— (Received Oetlber 19, 8.20 p.m.) , SYDNEY,. October 19. The Sydney newspaper dispute has ended. Mass meetings of members of the unions concerned’today unanimously decided to accept terms that had ■been agreed on by the Labour Council disputes committee and the newspaper proprietors. Normal shifts will be resumed tomorrow, when the afternoon paper (the “Sun” and “Daily Mirror”) will foe published. The morning papers (“Sydney Morning Herald” and “Daily Telegraph”) will resume publication on Saturday. ■ • The announced terms for the settlement of the dispute, which began on October 7, are:— 1. All employees involved shall he reinstated under the conditions prevailing on October 6. 2. There will be no victimization by either side.

3. A4O-hour week (previously 44), for members of the .printing trade unions will be introduced immediately, and work iii excess of those hours will be paid for at overtime rates. 4. The question of a four weeks’ annual holiday for newspaper workers will be referred to the Arbitration Court. By 46 to 22, a vote on party lines, the State Legislative Assembly last night defeated the no-confidence motion moved against the Government by the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Weaver, in protest against the Ministers’ refusal to give interviews to representatives of the composite newspaper. Union Papers to Cease. The composite paper, bearing the imprint of all four Sydney dailies, and the “News,” published by the unions, will make their final appearances tomorrow. . A further instance of the industrial unrest which is causing inconvenience to Sydney residents, is a butchers’ dispute over Saturday work. About 90 per cent, of the homes in the city will be without meat from today. The meat shortage is expected to be the most severe since a general strike of butchers was held in 1930.

The dispute, which originated when retail shop hands pressed for “no Saturday work,” has since involved abattoir and carcase butchers. Meat is 'being killed for the services, for the hospitals, and for export, but not for civilian consumption.