CHAINS AT WORK
THE BELFAST DISPUTE
PENDING NEGOTIATIONS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
The chains were manned at Borthwick's Belfast freezing works this morning, although the dispute which caused a cessation of activities yesterday remained unsettled. According to the workers' delegate, there were sufficient men' available this morning to provide a full quota on the chains, and this position enabled work to be resumed. An undertaking was given that the additional man who was to be employed on the chain was not to start work until the dispute was settled.
Mr. A. C. Wells, the company's manager, was not inclined to comment on the situation this morning. He admitted that the men had returned to work and said they had manned the chain without a full quota. The attitude of the company towards the dispute had not been decided, but it was intended to negotiate with the workers through the Local Disputes Committee. Yesterday, the company demanded that an additional man should be employed on the chain, which would have brought the quota to- 36. The men maintained that this, action was an attempt to reduce their earning capacity and that the previous quota of 35 was sufficient for the work. In the new award just announced, provision is made for a maximum quota of 35.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1938, Page 10
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217CHAINS AT WORK Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1938, Page 10
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