VIOLATION OF PRINCIPLES
STRIKING UNION'S CLAIM FOR
AN AWARD,
AUCKLAND, 22nd March. The fact that a union, some members of which were on strike, had applied to the Arbitration Court for an increased war bonus, occasioned some comment by Mr. Justice Stringer at a sitting of the Arbitration Court. The union in question was the Ohinemuri branchV>f the Society, of Engineers, and it was stated that members employed by the Waihi Grand Junction Company and Waihi Gold Mining Company were on strike. The Judge said the union was violating the principles of the Court and at the j same time asked for an award to be made in its favour. It was a most impudent thing for the union to do. A representative; of the employers said it was feared that the engineers "might pull the miner 3 out with them." . ' The Judge said tha-t in the circumstances the union should not ask the 'Court to grant the men an increased bonijs. He suggested that the application should be withdrawn. The representative of the union preferred that the application should be dismissed by the Court, and this was accordingly done.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 70, 23 March 1920, Page 4
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