FIREMEN’S CONDITIONS
CONCILIATION COUNCIL HEARING [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, February 11. The terms of employment for fire brigadesmen in the Wellington industrial district (excluding Wellington city) were considered in Conciliation Council to-day. The dispute involves fire brigades as far north as Wairoa on the East Coast and Wanganui on the West Coast. Of some 32 parties listed* the employers objected to approximately all but two on the ground that the brigades to which objection was made had volunteer men in their ranks. Mr L. Glover said that it was not intended to cover volunteer firemen, but, when pressed, gave no definite assurance as to the union’s action in connection with men who, though volunteers, received certain cash sums, including sums for clothing replacement. No decision has been reached regarding exemptions in the meantime.
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Evening Star, Issue 22880, 11 February 1938, Page 8
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134FIREMEN’S CONDITIONS Evening Star, Issue 22880, 11 February 1938, Page 8
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