MEAT FREEZING DISPUTE
The hearing of the dispute m the meat freezing industry was continued today by the Conciliation Council. Mr. M. J. Reardon, Conciliation Commissioner, presided. The Freezing Works and Related- Trades Association of Workers are seeking a new av/ard with some increases in rates of pay, and a 40-hour week. The application is opposed by the employers, whose counterproposals include the granting of an increase of 5 per cent, on the rates of pay as set out in the present industrial agreement, subject to the conditions of work remaining the same as in the present agreement. Every phase of the freezing industry is covered in the workers' claims, and this involves the consideration of a multitude of details connected with the work done at the various freezing works throughout the Dominion. The proceedings are being conducted in j committee, |
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 11
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141MEAT FREEZING DISPUTE Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 11
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