STATE COAL MINES
STOP-WORK MEETINGS ON MONDAY.
lit TEIXSSUra.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) GBEYMOUTH, 26th. August. The State 'Miners' Union met at Runanga to-night to consider the disputes 'existing 'at the Ta-ratu, . Green Island, and Mataura, mines. It expressed "regret that the Government did not bring pressure to bear on the coal owners at the respective places to have them adhero to last February's national agreement, as the Miners' Federation executive has endeavoured to persuade them to do." It was decided, in view of the failure to move in the direction indicated, that on Monday at 10 ajm. a stopwork meeting''of the union 'ba held to discuss what action., should be taken.-
It is understood that all the 'other coal miners' unions in the Dominion will do likewise, and that the meetings may have a far-reaching effect.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19200827.2.76.7
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 50, 27 August 1920, Page 8
Word Count
134STATE COAL MINES Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 50, 27 August 1920, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in