THE LABOUR AGITATION. Strike of Auckland Bootmakers.
LBt Telegraph.] (united piusss association. i Auckland, 28th Maroh The bootmakers on strike number 184, of whom 89 are married and 95 single. The committee state that at present it will not be neoesßary to make a levy, owing to the amount of funds in band. The men contend that it is only fair that the same price should be paid for work in the North as in the South. Five employers have accepted the scale submitted by the Union. It fixes the minimum salary at £2, provision being made for elderly men who are not able to compete with younger onea in pieoe work. A telegram has been received from Christchnroh urging the men to hold firm, and guaranteeing them assistance.
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Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 74, 30 March 1891, Page 2
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129THE LABOUR AGITATION. Strike of Auckland Bootmakers. Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 74, 30 March 1891, Page 2
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