SHEEPOWNERS AND THE A.P.U.
It appeared that the sheepowners had, to a certain extent, abandoned their fight with the new rural workers' organisation, the Agricultural and Pastoral Workers Union, when they agreed to meet representatives of. the Shearers' Unions, which are a part of that body. When the conference took place, however, ths sheepowners stated that the representatives who came to meet" them wore not representatives of the shearers, but of the, A.P.U., and as such they refused to' negotiate with them, but referred them to the. district organisations.'. This seems to be-another phase in the fight between rural employers and workers. The consequence'will probably be no agreement as to shearing- and shed-hand rates, though the rates_ demanded by the A.P.U. may be paid in the majority of cases. Thus the A.P.U. will win for the time being, but will have to fight the battle again when peace cornea with a fall in wool prices and a more abundant supply of labour. . .
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 137, 9 June 1917, Page 10
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